New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul drew criticism for their initial responses to Neely’s death.
Hochul weighed in on May 3, saying, “There are consequences for behavior.”
Someone behind the scenes shows up and insists the beating of the peasants must continue:
She seemed to walk back her statements in a news conference a day later, saying that Neely’s family “deserves justice.” Adams initially highlighted the right of subway riders to take action in certain situations. His messaging had changed by Wednesday, however, when he called Neely’s death “a tragedy that never should have happened.”
How would you describe whoever is pushing this behind the scenes, other than as evil?
when he called Neely’s death “a tragedy that never should have happened
well, he's not wrong, is he? There's a timeline with at least 40 distinct points where something could and should have been done. And probably infinitely more if we take the family, public schools and everything else into account.
Every time you start to see sanity:
Someone behind the scenes shows up and insists the beating of the peasants must continue:
How would you describe whoever is pushing this behind the scenes, other than as evil?
well, he's not wrong, is he? There's a timeline with at least 40 distinct points where something could and should have been done. And probably infinitely more if we take the family, public schools and everything else into account.
"We failed to protect people simply taking the subway to work, let's look around...what 3rd party can we blame for our own sins?
I know! Let's blame the guy who did protect people!
Remember, you're never safe with us in charge!