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https://nypost.com/2023/05/04/mayor-adams-rips-aoc-for-saying-jordan-neely-was-murdered/

Mayor Eric Adams has ripped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for rushing to conclude that Jordan Neely was murdered when he was put in a chokehold by a Marine. Hizzoner criticized the progressive lawmaker along with City Comptroller Brad Lander, who claimed people are cheering how the troubled 30-year-old homeless man was choked to death by a vigilante without consequence. I dont think thats very responsible at the time where we are still investigating the situation, Adams said on CNN Primetime late Wednesday when asked about both inflammatory tweets. Lets let the DA conduct his investigation with the law enforcement officials. To really interfere with that is not the right thing to do. Im going to be responsible and allow them to do their job and allow them to determine exactly what happened here, the mayor stressed. The rush to conclusions was particularly irresponsible from Landers who started his tweet by saying that NYC is not Gotham because the comptrollers a city-wide leader, noted Adams. We dont know exactly what happened here, Adams stressed of the fatal chokehold on an F train in lower Manhattan Monday afternoon.

Asked when it is appropriate for subway passengers to take matters into [their] own hands, Adams stressed: Each situation is different. I was a former transit police officer, and I responded to many jobs where you had a passenger assisting someone. And so we cannot just blanketly say what a passenger should or should not do in a situation like that.