BLM activist calls NYC Mayor Eric Adams a 'coon' during interview



A Black Lives Matter leader slammed New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Thursday, calling him a "white man in blackface" and "a coon."

Black Lives Matter of Greater New York co-founder Hawk Newsome made those comments during an interview on Fox News in response to what the mayor said last week, when he accused Black Lives Matter activists of hypocrisy after a string of black-on-black shootings.

"I thought Black Lives Matter. Where are all those who stated ‘Black Lives Matter’? Then go do an analysis of who was killed or shot last night. I was up all night speaking to my commanders in the Bronx, in Brooklyn. The victims were black. Many of the shooters were black," Adams said on Spectrum News NY1 on April 14.

"If Black Lives Matter, then the thousands of people I saw on the street when [George] Floyd was murdered should be on the street right now stating that the lives of these black children that are dying every night matter. We can’t be hypocrites,” he said, referring to the 2020 murder of black man George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

"America's Newsroom" co-host Bill Hemmer asked Newsome about the mayor's comments and about FBI data that shows a 32% increase in black Americans killed by violent crime since 2019.

“The subject is African-Americans. I would also argue white lives matter, too. Everybody’s life matters here,” Hemmer said. "What the mayor contends, though, is that the same reaction is not given. What would you say to him?”

“It was smooth the way you threw white lives matters in there. Our problem is when black lives are oppressed and don’t receive justice, nobody cares, nothing happens. Something happens to a white person, the world moves, right?” Newsome answered. “So, let’s get back to Eric Adams. This mayor who’s a Democrat but he spews conservative and Republican talking points. At the end of the day, we have a name for someone like this. And this is someone we’d call a coon, right?”

"Whoa!" Hemmer exclaimed.

“He is a black man – he’s a white man in blackface, and a very conservative-minded white man, at that. So what we have is a man with hundreds of people on the city’s payroll, billions of dollars in budget, and 40,000 police officers,” Newsome continued. “He has 10 victims in one night. The night before he had 16 shooting victims on the train and they say what are you going to do about policing and he says what about BLM? Is America not smart enough to see him deflecting?”

He went on to accuse Adams of failing to keep the city safe.

"This city is a war zone, and he can't stop it," Newsome said. "So with all his power he turns to BLM and says, what are you going to do? Well, I'll tell you what we're going to do. We're going to organize people in our communities to go out and preach a message of love and unification in the streets. We're going to take control of our cities because the government has failed us for decades. Even when crime is low, we're still dying, and we have to fix this problem ourselves."

"We believe that poverty is the mother of crime. And until we fix that, they'll never be a decrease in crime," he said.

(H/T: Mediaite)

New York City BLM leader clashes with Martha MacCallum in heated interview, says Fox anchor comes from a 'place of white privilege'



A Black Lives Matter leader suggested that a Fox News host enjoys "white privilege," so her opinion on New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams' remedies for spiking violent crime in the city is irrelevant.

Last month, Adams vowed to bring back NYPD's plainclothes unit that was disbanded in June 2020 under the de Blasio administration.

"It's about bringing back a sense of protection in our city and not the disorder we feel at this time," said Adams – a former NYPD captain. "We’re going to go after the violent crimes we’re witnessing, particularly the over-proliferation of handguns. I’m going to put in place an anti-gun unit, plainclothes, and we’re going to do precision policing and go after those gangs and gun users."

Adams noted that officers in the plainclothes unit would have bodycams on them.

Days after Adams made his declaration to revive the anti-crime unit, Black Lives Matter of Greater New York leader Walter "Hawk" Newsome threatened consequences if the controversial NYPD unit returned.

"There will be riots. There will be fire, and there will be bloodshed," Newsome proclaimed. "There's no way we're going to let some Gestapos come in here and harm our people. We pray for peace, but black opportunities prepare for the worst."

"We have people in city council who can create problems for him," Newsome threatened. "We have people in the streets who can create problems for this administration by shutting it down."

On Thursday, Adams fired back at Newsome for his dangerous rhetoric.

"We’re not going to surrender to those who are saying, 'We’re going to burn down New York.' Not my city," Adams said at a Police Athletic League event at the Harvard Club.

Newsome continued this battle with the incoming mayor during an appearance on "The Story" on Friday. Newsome argued with Fox News host Martha MacCallum about Adams reinstituting the plainclothes police unit.

"The mayor[-elect] is engaging in a political circus. And my parents didn’t raise a clown," Newsome said of Adams. "So, I’m not here to play these circus-type political games with him."

Last month, Adams met with Newsome and members of the Black Lives Matter of Greater New York organization – a self-described group demanding "criminal justice reform, basic public safety, fair and equal access to education, jobs & infrastructure." However, the meeting ended with Newsome unsatisfied with measures the incoming mayor planned on instituting to counter surging violent crime.

Newsome told MacCallum that Adams utilized his squabble with Black Lives Matter of Greater New York to enhance his public relations with various media appearances.

"Look at what happened after we engaged in this back and forth," Newsome said. "He was on Colbert, He was on Anderson Cooper, he was on Bill Maher. I made him famous, right, for this spat we had. And if the mayor truly cared about what’s best for the city, he would’ve talked about the things we agreed upon in that meeting. But didn’t want to discuss that, Martha. He just wants the hype and the attention."

Newsome – who wore a "Critical Race Theory is American History" sweatshirt during the interview – claimed that Adams "does not have a plan."

MacCallum interjected, "He does have a plan. He's going to put the ant-crime unit police unit back on the street."

Newsome defended his position by saying, "Crime isn’t just up in New York City. It’s up around the country, so what is he going to do that's different other than talk?"

MacCallum pointed out that violent crime skyrocketed after the unit was disbanded, and noted, "21 children have been killed in the streets of New York, mostly in gang violence," citing a New York Post report from October.

Newsome responded, "Ok, there’s this thing called the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects us against illegal search and seizure."

Newsome then attempted to dismiss MacCallum's point of view because of her alleged "white privilege."

"But see, you don’t know what it’s like, you don’t know what it’s like to be pulled over and thrown up against walls," Newsome said, then telling MacCallum, "You live from a place of white privilege."

MacCallum brushed off the allegation, "Come on, don’t throw that at me."

MacCallum and Newsome then shouted over each other during the end of the contentious interview.

Less than a month ago, Newsome got into another heated argument during a Fox News interview. The BLM leader walked off an "Unfiltered" interview when host Dan Bongino confronted him for allegedly threatening violence.

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