Newly elected Kristin Richardson Jordan, a Democratic socialist, tweeted two hours after the shooting about her concerns over a neighborhood community garden being shut down.
Newly elected Kristin Richardson Jordan, a Democratic socialist,the shooting about her concerns over a neighborhood community garden being shut down.
After being lambasted on social media over her that tweet, she drew even more ire by cryptically claiming she was ordered not to discuss the shooting.Cops respond on the scene where two NYPD cops were shot — one fatally — on W135th Street at Lenox Avenue.“Why are other CMs [council members] tweeting about it but not you. Which radical group is advising you? You need to resign,” responded @MrFlannery23.
Jordan is among a group of progressive pols on the City Council who support cutting NYPD funding at a time when the city is experiencing spikes in murders and other serious crimes. However, she took her distain for police to another level two weeks agoShe did not immediately return messages Saturday asking about her remarks.
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