Police officers in New York City will not tolerate violence, top officials warned on April 3 as former President Donald Trump departed for the metropolis.
“Violence and destruction are not part of legitimate lawful expression. And it will never be tolerated in our city,” Keechant Sewell, commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD), told a press conference at City Hall ahead of Trump’s arrival.
Sewell said that officers want to make sure people can protest and exercise their First Amendment rights.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat appearing with Sewell, urged people planning to travel to the city on Tuesday to control themselves….