{"id":1397012,"date":"2022-03-23T18:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397012"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:00:57","slug":"eric-adams-scorned-for-consulting-lori-lightfoot-on-tackling-crime-blind-leading-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-scorned-for-consulting-lori-lightfoot-on-tackling-crime-blind-leading-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams Scorned for Consulting Lori Lightfoot on Tackling Crime \u2014 \u2018Blind Leading Blind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-adams-scorned-for-consulting-lori-lightfoot-on-tackling-crime-blind-leading-blind%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>After New York City Mayor Eric Adams turned to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seeking ideas on how to tackle crime in the Big Apple, many took to Twitter to mock the move, highlighting the absurdity of looking to a city with a significantly high violent crime rate to learn how to fight it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, Mayor Adams met with Mayor Lightfoot, both Democrats, for roughly 40 minutes to discuss solutions to gun violence and other crime which is surging in both New York City and Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re going to learn from Chicago what they\u2019re doing on their El [subway] line, so that we can see best practices,\u201d Adams said, adding that the Chicago mayor \u201cclearly understands it is the combination of prevention and the intervention\u201d that is needed to stop crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also said that New York City would \u201clook to duplicate\u201d a Chicago Police department policy recently announced which would allow some officers to avoid the minimum 60 college credit requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI know we are going to be great partners in the work we are all doing to make sure our residents can live safe and vibrant lives,\u201d Lightfoot told reporters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Subsequently, many took to Twitter to ridicule the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is ridiculous!\u201d wrote former NYPD Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik. \u201cAdams demonstrates daily, that he learned nothing as a cop under @RudyGiuliani and I, that was responsible for the most substantial reduction in violent crime and murder in US history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChicago\u2019s battle with violent crime is one of the worst in US history!\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is ridiculous! <\/p>\n<p>Adams demonstrates daily, that he learned nothing as a cop under <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGiuliani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RudyGiuliani<\/a> and I, that was responsible for the most substantial reduction in violent crime and murder in US history. <\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s battle with violent crime is one of the worst in US history! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPjPR24T4T\">https:\/\/t.co\/vPjPR24T4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernardKerik\/status\/1506319947282190343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is not the way,\u201d wrote NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not the way.\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdFQfQ1z4s\">https:\/\/t.co\/jdFQfQ1z4s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VickieforNYC\/status\/1506357994229018625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis can\u2019t be a Babylon Bee story because they are blocked from Twitter,\u201d wrote Heritage Foundation vice president for foreign and security policy James Jay Carafano.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This can\u2019t be a Babylon Bee story because they are blocked from Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TF0HzoKTcr\">https:\/\/t.co\/TF0HzoKTcr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Jay Carafano (@JJCarafano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJCarafano\/status\/1506400703803269121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t looking for what not to do,\u201d wrote radio host Derek Hunter.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He wasn&#8217;t looking for what not to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sYdXqpp0Ct\">https:\/\/t.co\/sYdXqpp0Ct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1506246727363407879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWhy not just move to Dallas and call it a day?\u201d wrote Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. \u201cNonstops available all day long into either of our city\u2019s world class airports, @DallasLoveField and @DFWAirport and plenty of jobs!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why not just move to Dallas and call it a day? Nonstops available all day long into either of our city\u2019s world class airports, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasLoveField?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DallasLoveField<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFWAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DFWAirport<\/a> and plenty of jobs!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mXKXTBuKdf\">https:\/\/t.co\/mXKXTBuKdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Eric Johnson (@Johnson4Dallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Johnson4Dallas\/status\/1506411026673188874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis isn\u2019t satire,\u201d wrote Steve Guest, special advisor for communications for Sen. Ted Cruz. \u201cCrime in NYC is up 45% compared to last year \u2013 in Chicago it\u2019s up 34%\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This isn\u2019t satire. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrime in NYC is up 45% compared to last year \u2013 in Chicago it&#8217;s up 34%\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YmFi9jlpVa\">https:\/\/t.co\/YmFi9jlpVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1506239314874798080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a joke, right?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1506316860731576322\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> conservative comedian, columnist, and talk show host, Tim Young.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHahahahahahhahahah NYC is about to become a way bigger crap hole then ever before,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lukewearechange\/status\/1506098347576369154\">wrote<\/a> independent journalist Luke Rudkowski.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t left yet what is keeping you in this failed state?\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHilarious,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidWohl\/status\/1506381411288190977\">wrote<\/a> attorney David Wohl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe blind leading the blind,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SA3886\/status\/1506087488917540865\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGood God the fool is beyond belief,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marktwainralls\/status\/1506382479510364175\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cAll these Democrats are living in a fantasy world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNew Yorkers, good luck! You are going to need it,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fibci2\/status\/1506398686158495744\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is what happens when you have democrats in office,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mikeypizzle429\/status\/1506663497568038929\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cDude asking the mayor of the only other city that has worse crime to ask how to curb crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several users used analogies to highlight the senselessness of the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is equivalent to someone asking OJ for advice on how to stop domestic violence in relationships,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kev_Yaz75\/status\/1506682597056913408\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLiterally equivalent to asking Charlie Sheen for dating advice,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalernoSteve\/status\/1506620545529430016\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJesus christ. That\u2019s like asking Motley Crue how to stay sober,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BabeTheTruth\/status\/1506490436814315522\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since the year\u2019s start, 451 shootings have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/10\/nyc-shootings-keep-soaring-up-86-percent-over-2020-nypd\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> in New York City, up 86.6 percent from 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Chicago, overall crime is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/mayor-lightfoot-meets-with-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-in-search-of-solutions-to-crime\/#:~:text=CHICAGO%20(CBS)%20%2D%2D%20Overall%20crime,monitoring%20%E2%80%93%20are%20up%2010%20percent.\"><span>up<\/span><\/a><span> 34 percent so far this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Both cities\u2019 police departments have suffered a wave of retirements in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After New York City Mayor Eric Adams turned to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seeking ideas on how to tackle crime in the Big Apple, many took to Twitter to mock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}