Mayor Eric Adams Asked About New Yorkers Afraid To Protest After Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest By ICE

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At a press briefing on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) was asked about ICE arresting pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.

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00:00Hey Mayor. What's happening? How are you? Good. Just back to the ICE arrest. To this point no

00:07charges have been filed. This person remains in custody. What would you, I know

00:13you're not going to give your opinion, but what would you tell a group of

00:18pro-Palestinian people who want to protest and don't intend on causing any

00:23harm or violence? What would you tell them if they're scared now seeing what

00:28has happened where there's to this point no evidence produced of a crime here?

00:32What would you say to people who are afraid of protesting in your city now

00:37because of what happened? Well, no, it's our city and a lot of New Yorkers are

00:42concerned about some of the terminologies that are being used. Someone burned the

00:46American flag the other day and they said the only American flag that's a

00:50good flag, something like that, is one that's burnt. My uncle defended this

00:55country and I don't believe that. And many Americans don't believe that. And

00:59those anti-Israel protesters, I saw some of the pamphlets that were on Columbia

01:05University ground called about the destruction of America. I saw some of the

01:11anti-semitic terminologies that are being used and so we will always have to

01:17stomach comments like that because that's what this country is. But we don't

01:21know the full scope of this investigation and as a former law

01:24enforcement person, I know that there are parts of an investigation that's

01:29beyond our understanding. Let the process take its course. That's why the federal

01:33government is in charge of deportation and they should be in charge of

01:37deportation. I believe that.

Mayor Eric Adams Asked About New Yorkers Afraid To Protest After Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest By ICE

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