New York City Mayor Eric Adams ran into a wall of heckling as he began his public response to an indictment released Thursday. Adams was on allegations that he illegally accepted foreign campaign donations and tried to cover up the donations by having so-called straw donors claim they donated the money instead. The embattled staged a Thursday morning media event to respond to the allegations, but part of the event ended up being drowned out by a protester identified as Hawk Newsome of the Black Lives Matter chapter of Greater New York, according to a video clip .
Adams had been smiling and starting to speak when he was drowned out by Newsome. NOW: Hawk Newsome of BLM Greater NY can be heard shouting “You are a disgrace for all Black people in this city!”- as NYC Mayor Adams holds press conference at Gracie Mansion following his indictment — Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) “You are a disgrace to all of the black people in New York City,” Newsome shouted at one point as Adams stopped smiling and talking. “The black Mayor Eric Adams is not being targeted because he is black,” Newsome said in a video clip .
NEW: “The Black Mayor Eric Adams is not being targeted because he is Black”, BLM activist Hawk Newsome spoke after Gracie Mansion press conference following indictment, “This man is being targeted because of his illegal activities”. Video by ..
. — Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) The said that “for nearly a decade, Adams sought .
