{"id":1966918,"date":"2023-07-07T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/torch-more-vans-nyc-council-aide-urged-violence-against-police\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T20:17:37","slug":"torch-more-vans-nyc-council-aide-urged-violence-against-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/torch-more-vans-nyc-council-aide-urged-violence-against-police\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Council Aide Encouraged Violence Towards Police: &#8216;Torch More Vans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftorch-more-vans-nyc-council-aide-urged-violence-against-police%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=1966918&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>\n<h2>A City Council Staffer Faces Backlash for Advocating Violence Against Police Officers<\/h2>\n<p>A staffer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">city council<\/a> in New York City is under fire for comments advocating violence against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I would like it on the record that I would like you all to throw more bottles at cops and torch more vans,&#8221; Ember Ollom, a digital press aide for council speaker Adrienne Adams, said in a May 2020 tweet, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/06\/nyc-council-staffer-urged-violence-against-police-during-george-floyd-protests\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The call for violence against police came amid the George Floyd riots.<\/p>\n<h3>Police Union President Condemns the Comments<\/h3>\n<p>Patrick Hendry, president of New York City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slap-in-the-face-chicago-cops-vote-no-confidence-in-mayor-lori-lightfoot-police-chief-david-brown\/\" title=\"\u2018Slap In The Face\u2019: Chicago Cops Vote \u2018No-Confidence\u2019 In Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Police Chief David Brown\">largest police union<\/a>, condemned the comments by the city staffer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No wonder the City Council spends more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/torch-more-vans-nyc-council-aide-urged-violence-against-police\/\" title=\"NYC Council Aide Encouraged Violence Towards Police: 'Torch More Vans'\">time tormenting police officers<\/a> than helping us stop violent crime\u2014just look at the hardcore cop-haters on their team,&#8221; Hendry <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/06\/nyc-council-staffer-urged-violence-against-police-during-george-floyd-protests\/\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hendry called for Ollom to be &#8220;investigated and fired&#8221; but added that it &#8220;won&#8217;t happen&#8221; because the council &#8220;only believes in &#8216;accountability&#8217; for cops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ollom said she now regrets the comments she made three years ago but added it&#8217;s &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; her comments are &#8220;being used to attack me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Witnessing police brutality against New Yorkers at the height of the 2020 George Floyd protests when I was 25 years old, I was frustrated and made a post in anger that was a regrettable choice of words that I later deleted,&#8221; Ollom said Thursday. &#8220;It is unfortunate that a mistake I made three years ago is being used to attack me in pursuit of a political agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city council defended hiring Ollom as an employee and called criticism of her &#8220;misogynistic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Ember is a staffer that we selected in a competitive process with multiple candidates. She is highly qualified and dedicated to serving the city\u2014any insinuation that she did not earn her job is frankly misogynistic,&#8221; said council spokeswoman Shirley Limongi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report came the same day the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/eric-adamss-fallen-cop-photo-is-a-fake\/\">reported<\/a> that Democratic mayor Eric Adams lied about a photograph of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-among-victims-of-shooting-near-denver-colo\/\" title=\"Police officer among victims of shooting near Denver, Colo.\">fallen police officer<\/a>. Adams has frequently shown the photo and says he has kept it with him for decades in his wallet. In reality, his office printed the photo from Google and altered it to make it appear faded, the <em>Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/eric-adamss-fallen-cop-photo-is-a-fake\/\">reported<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A report from March showed New York City police officers are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/unfixable-new-york-city-cops-are-fleeing-the-force-in-droves\/\">resigning<\/a> in record numbers. The NYPD at the same time <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/nypd-lowers-fitness-standards-to-recruit-more-women\/\">lowered<\/a> its fitness requirements to bring more women on the force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ember Ollom, a digital press aide for council speaker Adrienne Adams, is facing backlash for endorsing violence against police officers. Ollom&#8217;s statement, &#8220;I want it known that I encourage throwing bottles at cops and setting vans on fire,&#8221; has sparked controversy within the New York City council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1966919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966918","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}