NYC Mayor Eric Adams Taps Convicted Felon to Serve as Anti-Gun Violence Czar

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[TigerClaws]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of a gun violence czar to address violent crime over the upcoming summer.

In an executive order issued on Thursday, Adams named Andre Mitchell, a former felon and local anti-gun violence activist, to the post — Chair of the Mayor’s Gun Violence Prevention Task Force — on a volunteer basis. Mitchell is the founder of an organization, ‘Man Up!’ that was formed to stop shootings in urban communities. He founded the group after serving a prison sentence for first-degree manslaughter in 1992.

“This is the civil rights battle of our lifetime, dealing with how guns are destroying not only individuals, but is destroying the anatomy of our cities and our communities,” said Mr. Adams at a rally with Mitchell outside City Hall on Thursday. Asked about his appointee, he said Mitchell had been a friend of 30 years, and he “didn’t have to find people; I have relationships with people.” Adams added, “We respect each other’s expertise.”

Mitchell’s organization has been controversial for its past actions and statements. One of the main protest tactics used by the group — i.e., ‘disruption’ — where teams of activists swarm neighborhoods with high shooting rates to position themselves between shooters and victims. This method — termed by Mitchell as ‘Cure Violence’ or “precision prevention” — has attracted criticism for endangering activists by placing them in the line of fire.

[mewzilla]

If NYC is so reliably lib, why did Deep State shove RCV down its throat...?

[ridesthemiles]

This idiot Mayor would put OJ in charge of abused women’s shelters

[Organic Panic]

So the “civil rights battle of our lifetime” is banning civil rights?

[bravo whiskey]

A “volunteer” who will make hundreds of thousands of dollars thru corruption.