{"id":273644,"date":"2021-06-13T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T20:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/police-troopers-union-backs-eric-adams-for-mayor\/"},"modified":"2021-06-13T23:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T20:02:01","slug":"police-troopers-union-backs-eric-adams-for-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/police-troopers-union-backs-eric-adams-for-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Police troopers union backs Eric Adams for mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Police troopers union backs Eric Adams for mayor<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The head of the union representing 4,000 New York State Police Troopers is backing Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdams has walked the walk. He speaks our language,\u201d New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association President Thomas Mungeer told The Post, noting Adams, a retired NYPD officer, was an ally when he served as a state senator representing central Brooklyn from 2007 to 2013 before getting elected borough president.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdams was a friend of the troopers when he was in the state Senate. He was a friend for a long time. He was a person we could rely on to listen to us. He had a sympathetic ear. He\u2019s a retired cop. As president of the Troopers PBA, I can say he has my support for mayor. I hope he wins the Democratic Primary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mungeer, who has hundreds of troopers stationed or residing in the city, said Adams is far and away the most qualified candidate to address crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric Adams seems more concerned about public safety than the other candidates I see running,\u201d he said, noting that Adams is embracing his record as a police officer, not running away from it.<\/p>\n

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New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association President Thomas Mungeer is backing Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for mayor.<\/figcaption>
Spectrum News<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mungeer said he\u2019s alarmed when he hears other candidates vowing to \u201cdefund\u201d the police or even refusing to commit to not disarm cops, a reference to comments candidate Maya Wiley made in a debate last week and has bene trying to walk back ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdams is certainly not advocating that cops be unarmed or defunding the police,\u201d he said. \u201cAdams has a shot at winning. That\u2019s why the other candidates are ganging up on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mungeer recalls Adams being helpful as state senator to help better arm troopers.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams app<\/a>ears in Flushing, Queens to open a new campaign office on June 8, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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He referred to the case of career criminal criminal, Ralph \u201cBucky\u201d Phillips, who escaped from an Erie County prison in 2006 and had been on the lam for months, leading to the largest manhunt in state history at the time.<\/p>\n

Phillips used a .308-caliber rifle he stole from a gun store and shot and killed state police trooper Joseph Longobardo and wounded others.<\/p>\n

Mungeer said the troopers were clearly outgunned by criminals because they could only use pistols while criminals were using high-powered rifles.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric Adams was helpful in getting us the ammunition my people needed. He did help us at that time,\u201d Mungeer said..<\/p>\n

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PBA president Thomas Mungeer also endorsed former President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election.<\/figcaption>
Spectrum News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen I needed help in the legislature, Eric Adams helped troopers. When I needed help he was there for me. If he needs help, I will be there for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mungeer\u2019s unsolicited endorsement could be a double-edged sword for Adams, given the anti-cop sentiment with a segment of Democratic Party voters over policing tactics and cop misconduct.<\/p>\n

Mungeer endorsed former President Donald Trump\u2019s re-election after complaining that then Democratic rival Joe Biden had \u201cturned his back on us\u201d and that Democrats had swung too far to the left on criminal justice issues \u2014 leading in the direction of criminal defendants at the expense of cops and law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n

Adams had no immedia<\/a>te comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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