{"id":398111,"date":"2022-01-23T18:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mayor-eric-adams-demands-help-from-d-c-after-cops-shot\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T18:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T15:48:58","slug":"mayor-eric-adams-demands-help-from-d-c-after-cops-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mayor-eric-adams-demands-help-from-d-c-after-cops-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mayor Eric Adams demands help from D.C. after cops shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mayor Eric Adams demands help from D.C. after cops shot<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams demanded assistance Sunday from Washington D.C. to block the \u201cconstant flow\u201d of firearms into the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, days after\u00a0an NYPD cop was killed and another officer was left fighting for his\u00a0life after they were shot \u2014 declaring \u201cthe federal government must step in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police department is doing their job taking thousands of guns off the streets, yet each time you take a gun off, there\u2019s a constant flow of new guns coming here,\u201d he said on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if we don\u2019t coordinate to go after those gun dealers that are supplying large cities in America such as New York, we are losing the battle, and the federal government must step in and play a role in doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a subsequent TV appearance, Adams speculated that even though cops seize many firearms, they are quickly replenished by even more of them being transported to New York City.  <\/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\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks as hundreds of police officers, FDNY officers and members of the public are gathered outside the 32nd Precinct during a candlelight vigil for two officers that were shot in New York City on January 22, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-20935063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks as hundreds of police officers, FDNY officers and members of the public are gathered during a candlelight vigil for two officers that were shot on January 22, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Schwartz \/ Splash<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have to stop the flow of guns. We are removing thousands of guns off our streets, and it appears for every gun we\u2019ve removed from the street, five are coming in. That is unacceptable,\u201d he said on \u201cCNN\u2019s State of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s Sunday morning plea comes after during an emotional speech Friday evening\u00a0shortly after the shooting he decried the flooding of weapons into the Big Apple from outside the five boroughs, as he issued a request for federal help to put a halt to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no gun manufacturers in New York City. We don\u2019t make guns here,\u201d said the former NYPD captain. \u201cHow are we removing thousands of guns off the street and they still find a way into New York City? In the hands of people that are killers, constantly carving highways of death, destroying our communities.\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\/2022\/01\/012122copshot8CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The scene where two NYPD cops were fatally shot on W135th Street at Lenox Avenue in New York, NY around 6:20 p.m. on January 21, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-20935070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot8CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot8CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot8CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The scene where two NYPD cops were shot in New York on January 21, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe need Washington to join us and act now to stop the flow of guns in New York City and cities like New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lashawn McNeil\u00a0\u2014 the 47-year-old man who allegedly shot the pair of NYPD cops Friday evening \u2014 used a Glock\u00a0.45 with\u00a0a high-capacity ammunition magazine\u00a0that was stolen from Baltimore in 2017 in the Friday evening shooting, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.<\/p>\n<p>In the shooting, rookie cop\u00a0Jason Rivera, 22, was killed, and his 27-year-old partner, Wilbert Mora,\u00a0was gravely wounded,\u00a0after they responded to a dispute in Harlem between a mother and son. Sources previously told The Post that Mora had a bullet lodged in his brain, and was expected to undergo a second surgery\u00a0as he remained in very critical condition at Harlem Hospital Saturday.<\/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\/2022\/01\/012122copshot7CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The scene where two NYPD cops were shot on W135th Street at Lenox Avenue in New York, NY around 6:20 p.m. on January 21, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-20935072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot7CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot7CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot7CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden offered prayers\u00a0for the slain and injured cops.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities said the officers, along with a third cop, went to an apartment\u00a0at 119 West 135th Street at about 6:15 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from a mother about needing help with her son. The woman \u201cmentioned no injuries and no weapons,\u201d said Essig said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>After speaking to the mom, two of the officers walked to the back of the apartment, down a narrow hallway toward a back\u00a0bedroom. Then, McNeil opened the door and \u201csuddenly, without warning, opened fire\u201d on the pair of officers, NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewell said.<\/p>\n<p>When McNeil attempted to flee, the third officer opened fire, striking him in the head and arm, police said.<\/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\/2022\/01\/NYPD-shot-weapon-comp-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"a gun is seen found at the site of a police shooting Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in New York, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-20935087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/NYPD-shot-weapon-comp-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/NYPD-shot-weapon-comp-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/NYPD-shot-weapon-comp-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lashawn McNeil used a Glock\u00a0.45 with\u00a0a high-capacity ammunition magazine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NYPD via AP Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Records from the NYPD\u2019s emergency call center\u00a0show how quickly the seemingly routine Friday evening domestic call in Manhattan quickly turned into a deadly situation.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u00a0on Saturday offered prayers\u00a0for the slain and injured cops.<\/p>\n<p>Also Sunday, Adams touted the\u00a0formation of plainclothes anti-gun unit\u00a0as a local strategy is to reduce gunplay in the five boroughs. The team will replace the controversial anti-crime unit that\u00a0ex-Police Commissioner Dermot Shea\u00a0was disbanded\u00a0last year.<\/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\/2022\/01\/012122copshot17CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The scene where two NYPD cops were fatally shot on W135th Street at Lenox Avenue in New York, NY around 6:20 p.m. on January 21, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-20935089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot17CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot17CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/012122copshot17CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Officer Wilbert Mora had a bullet lodged in his brain.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to roll out a smart way of policing, put in place again a modified version of a plainclothes anti-gun unit that\u2019s going to go after those known shooters and people are are actually creating the devastation in our city,\u201d he said on ABC, noting the team will formally announced \u201cthis week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new units, dubbed \u201cNeighborhood Safety Teams,\u201d will replace the uniformed Public Safety Teams in areas where shootings surged last year, according to a memo Chief of Department Ken Corey sent out earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Adams went on to again stress the importance of nationwide efforts aimed at curbing the influx of guns into New York City.<\/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\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks as hundreds of police officers, FDNY officers and members of the public are gathered outside the 32nd Precinct during a candlelight vigil for two officers that were shot in New York City on January 22, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-20935102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/adams-police-220122-SPL5285654_007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Adams demanded assistance from Washington D.C.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut if you continue to have the flow of guns to big cities,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019re going to constantly fight this battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Adams took office Jan. 1, five NYPD officers have been shot, including four last week. On Thursday,\u00a0NYPD Detective Dominick Libretti was\u00a0hit with gunfire during a drug bust on Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p>That came two days before Officer Kaseem Pennant\u00a0was shot in the leg\u00a0while struggling with a teenage suspect in The Bronx.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\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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