The troops have never been involved in crowd control, never involved in the protest. They have been guarding a building.
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Big-City Mayors
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HIRick BlangiardiHawaii
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MA-DMichelle WuMassachusetts88 Quotes
TNPaul YoungTennessee11 Quotes
Former mayors
I think it's really important to point out the extreme nature of the randomness.
They don't identify themselves. And furthermore, to your previous guest, how on earth do they know that they're a threat when they're just chasing random people through parking lots?
This is just such an incredible misuse of, not only taxpayers money, but of the young people who are in the National Guard.
This is just such an incredible misuse of not only taxpayers' money, but of the young people who are in the National Guard.
Well, I believe they've departed, but they were never needed in the first place.
I’m a New Yorker. I’m going to continue to stay here and fight for the city. The city’s worth fighting for.
I had to fix that. Cannabis Law. I had to fix that. Raise the Age [a law ending the automatic prosecution of 16- and 17-year-olds as adults]. I had to fix that.
Mora and Rivera, the two cops who were shot in the beginning of my [mayoral] career, they died and were assassinated responding to a domestic violence call.
Look at [Mandani’s] policies: once you empty out Rikers Island, that’s a major impact.
I’m talking about having an opportunity now to use everything from artificial intelligence to blockchain, new technology that’s out there that could make our city smarter, so that our working class people can get the proper delivery of…
If Cuomo is serious about moving to Florida, he should go ahead – he’s already spent three [recent] weekends in the Hamptons.
I reached out to the councilperson, and we will communicate, you know, you know.
I want criminals to be made and serve their time in jail.
I want to support the police while others want criminals to come back on our streets and harm us.
Yeah, I mean look, now that I have a nine-year-old, just became nine, come on, man.
The thoughts of all Angelenos are with all of those impacted by this blast.
We can sit on the sidelines and talk about the way the world should be, or we could recognize the existential nature that is this moment





