{"id":365414,"date":"2021-11-11T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T07:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/blm-leader-hawk-newsome-threatens-riots-after-sit-down-with-eric-adams\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:03:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T07:03:17","slug":"blm-leader-hawk-newsome-threatens-riots-after-sit-down-with-eric-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blm-leader-hawk-newsome-threatens-riots-after-sit-down-with-eric-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"#BLM leader Hawk Newsome threatens &#8216;riots&#8217; after sit-down with Eric Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#BLM leader Hawk <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>ome threatens &#8216;riots&#8217; after sit-down with Eric Adams<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Black Lives Matter leader said there will be \u201cbloodshed\u201d after debating police reform with Mayor-elect Eric Adams during a contentious sit-down with the incoming Democrat at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Although Adams found common ground with the activists on plans to fight poverty in the black community, the former NYPD captain vowed to bring back the Anti-Crime Unit, which was disbanded during widespread police protests last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they think they are going back to the old ways of policing then we\u2019re going to take to the streets again,\u201d New York BLM co-founder Hawk Newsome said outside Borough Hall. \u201cThere will be riots. There will be fire, and there will be bloodshed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ignore that history and say you\u2019re bringing it back means that he\u2019s tone deaf,\u201d Newsome told The Post over the phone about the task force whose officers were involved in the deaths of Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell and Eric Garner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-240-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-20106416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-240-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-240-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-240-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Adams was able to find common ground with the BLM activists, though Hawk Newsome didn\u2019t fully favor Brown\u2019s choice of bringing back the Anti-Crime Unit.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rod Lamkey \u2013 CNP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams told leaders that as the city\u2019s second black mayor, he was the person best equipped to bring meaningful socioeconomic and educational change to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one thing that we do agree on, that we need to change conditions that people are living in, historical conditions. And the conditions have not changed,\u201d Adams said during the t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate, which was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWHFqkcFQrs\/\">livestreamed on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWhat I know for sure, is there is no one in this city that\u2019s going to deal with this issue as the mayor of this city better than I\u2019m going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the mayor-elect grew agitated with Chivona Newsome, Hawks\u2019 sister, who said politicians \u201cshuck, jive and use rap quotes,\u201d but don\u2019t enact meaningful changes for people of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to be corrected,\u201d Adams said, talking over her. \u201cYou need to be corrected based on what you\u2019re saying. Don\u2019t tell me, \u2018I need to do this\u2019 \u2026 say, \u2018We need to do this.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"Hawk Newsome\" class=\"wp-image-20106420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-236-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Hawk Newsome called Mayor-elect Eric Adams \u201ctone deaf\u201d for ignoring the history of rising police brutality in part from the Anti-Crime Unit.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI put my body on the line for my community. So I\u2019m not here for folks to come and say \u2018I\u2019m going to hold you accountable.\u2019 No it\u2019s us,\u201d Adams lectured.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting marked the first time Newsome met with an incoming or sitting mayor, as he told The Post he refused overtures from Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s administration, calling him a \u201cbuffoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversial leader even took credit for Adams\u2019 election, claiming his movement allowed him to \u201cachieve power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least with Eric Adams, we have a clean slate,\u201d Newsome said, adding he thinks he will work with the incoming mayor on \u201canti-violence programs and food programs\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BLM leader was troubled however that Adams \u201cdidn\u2019t offer a comment on police reform \u2026 he wouldn\u2019t offer us anything concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be at his front door, we will be at Gracie Mansion, we will be in the streets, if he allows these police to abuse us,\u201d Newsome said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not threatening anyone. I am just saying that it\u2019s a natural response to aggressive oppression, people will react.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Post, Adams said there is \u201cno reason we cannot have both safe streets and racial justice in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Black lives truly matter, then we must address violence in our communities while we address bias in policing. Yelling and not listening gets us nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-238.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-20106442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-238.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-238.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/blm-activitsts-police-reform-238.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chivona Newsome agitated Eric Brown after saying politicians \u201cshuck, jive and use rap quotes,\u201d but don\u2019t enact meaningful changes for people of color.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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