Eric Adams actually said...

New York City will always be a place to peacefully protest, but we will not allow violence and lawlessness.

New Yorkers may have different emotions right now... but we want to be clear you do not have a right to engage in violence and lawlessness.

New York City is also the greatest democracy of the globe and part of our great democracy is the ability to peacefully protest.

But instead of being rewarded for following the law, he was punished for doing what we all asked him to do.