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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 96 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team we've got to follow the law," he told reporters at the time.

Yeh. You never did that Mayor lmao.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's... Hey sir (I use that term lightly) this isn't a thing you should have to tell people you shouldn't give off the vibe or hire people who wouldn't.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You never had morning meetings at your retail job where the pep talk was "Let's get out there and do our best, and whatever you do, guys, remember not to violate the law today"?

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[–] kellyaster@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What a bizarre claim to make. Does he actually think that's how honest people start their day?

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

He doesn't have a clue what honest people do. He's like Vance buying doughnuts for the first time in his life. "Follow the law, I guess, or whatever makes sense."

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How long have you been following the law?

OK.

How about you, how long have you been following the law?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

"I don't want to be recorded."

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago

Totally normal thing to do. Like when my boss accused me of showing up to work drunk, I told him, "I start every morning telling my people 'hey, I'm going to work not drunk today'"

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That would be like me at a house party saying "Hey man, great party! Lots of people here, great selection of booze, I didn't shit in the closet, and are those cocktail weinee's???"

One of those things shouldn't need to be said.....

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

Or back on the Other Site /r/legaladvice. When a post started out with "just for the record, I'm not a pedophile", you knew it was gonna be good popcorn.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The FBI seized Adams' electronic devices as part of an investigation into whether his 2021 mayoral campaign's fundraising.

That's some expert journalism right there.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Expert editing.

That's one of the primary functions of the editor. Depending on the outfit though, editorial oversight may not be required or even a thing really. Publishing approval may be from the writer directly, which also likely means no one else read over it after it was completed to find easily avoidable issues from rephrasing and reorganizing sentences.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I don't see the problem. Did his 2021 mayoral campaign's fundraising or did his 2021 mayoral campaign's not fundraising?

It's goodly perfection English!

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 165 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Who'd a thunk. The former cop still smells like bacon. ACAB

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No one in NYC likes him other than landlords. Republicans hate him because he's black. Leftists hate him because he's a landlord cop who doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself.

Good riddance, the next in line is an actual leftist if he steps down

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the next in line is an actual leftist if he steps down

I guess that means he won't step down. :(

I couldn't possibly imagine they'd be "allowed" to take over any actual control if they are a leftist and aren't beholden to the ownership class. We don't get to have nice things in government.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 100 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Pigs are cute too

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

HEY!!! WHOA!!!! THAT'S TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR!!!!

.......bacon doesn't deserve to be assosiated with corrupt cops. Bacon is awesome!

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's always the ones you suspect the most.

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 68 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yooooo, he gave Sean "Diddy" Combs the key to NYC less than a year ago. Diddy got arrested by the Feds earlier this month and denied bail twice. I wonder if they are connected somehow.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They are not related. Adams was doing more traditional political corruption - demanding $20k to meet with someone, secretly advocating for foreign governments, etc.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

dons aluminum foil hat

yeah, but what if Diddy was in on some international shit? he had tapes on all sorts of people. those tapes could be used as blackmail by foreign powers to manipulate politicians. check this 7:16 min interview of Gene Deal out.

doffs aluminum foil hat

but you're right. they're completely separate issues.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Upvoted for usage of the word "doffs."

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

TIL doff is the opposite of don

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[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

I hope they searched him thoroughly for that key.

[–] andrewthe95th@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Okay, as someone who's never set foot in New York City, is it really that difficult for them to elect a mayor who's not a giant hunk of fuck?

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's NYC. Everyone is a giant hunk of fuck.

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

honestly how did they go from deblasio to a fucking cop in 2021, just after all the nationwide BLM protests

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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

He's better then Rudy Ghoulani, but I'm glad to see the shittiest person to hold that office isn't the bare minimum a moderate has to beat to be above the law.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Andrew Yang would have been better.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Does he stay mayor if he is convicted? I know the system is slow enough it probably won't matter, just curious.

Also, about damn time. Adams sucks and is obviously corrupt.

[–] philz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Lock him up

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Saw that trainwreck coming a mile away.

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