Mayor Eric Adams condemned the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and warned New Yorkers not to get any ideas about starting similar violent protests back home.
“The escalation of protests in Los Angeles over the last couple of days is unacceptable and would not be tolerated if attempted in our city,” Adams said during a press conference Monday alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Adams and Tisch appeared as a united front as the mayor encouraged would-be protesters to “choose peace and compassion over anger and retaliation.”
“I want to assure all New Yorkers that we have the best police department in the world. Men and women who are prepared to handle any issues that may arise, especially when we are faced with deep division in our society,” Adams said.
Tisch added that the NYPD would do just fine without federal intervention — including the dispatch of National Guard members, which President Trump ordered to LA — if any destructive mass protests crop up in the Big Apple.
“Let me be crystal clear: We have no tolerance for violence, none. We have no tolerance for property damage. We have no tolerance for people blocking entrances to buildings or blocking driveways or blocking cars from moving. And any attacks against law enforcement will be met with a swift and decisive response from the NYPD,” Tisch said.
“We are responsible for public safety and maintaining order in this city. And we will never abdicate that responsibility.”
On Monday, an anti-ICE protest was held in the lobby of Trump Tower as dozens of demonstrators demanded the release of immigrants sent to El Salvador’s megaprison.
In late May, nearly two dozen protesters were arrested outside an ICE facility in Manhattan after ICE officials nabbed multiple migrants appearing at the Lower Manhattan courthouse.
The Los Angeles protests, meanwhile, entered their fourth consecutive night Monday as thousands of participants took to the streets over ICE raids in the city.
Trump overrode California Gov. Gavin Newsom and ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to the LA riots as participants lit cars on fire and hurled rocks and fireworks at officers.
On top of the 2,000 National Guard members, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth deployed 700 active-duty Marines to the LA protests, who are expected to arrive on Tuesday.
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