The pinnacle of the New York Metropolis police union stands by Mayor Eric Adams after a 2019 video of him utilizing a racial slur for white individuals surfaced.

The video exhibits Adams, who's Black and a former police captain, talking at a non-public occasion in Harlem on December 13, 2019, the New York Every day Information first reported.

"Every single day within the police division, I kicked these crackers' a**, man," Adams stated within the video. "I used to be unbelievable within the police division with 100 Blacks in Regulation Enforcement.

Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Affiliation of the Metropolis of New York, town's largest police union, launched an announcement Friday concerning the video and Adams later apologized after he was dragged into one other controversy throughout his quick tenure as mayor.

"Every time a controversial video of a police officer surfaces on-line, we ask for equity as a substitute of a rush to outrage," Lynch stated. "We are going to apply the identical normal right here.

"We now have spoken with Mayor Adams about this video. We now have spent far too many hours collectively in hospital emergency rooms these previous few weeks, and we have labored collectively for many years earlier than that. Just a few seconds of video won't outline our relationship. We now have numerous work to do collectively to help our members on the streets," Lynch continued.

Adams commented on utilizing the racial slur after he was requested about it in a Friday information convention, saying it was "inappropriate," and he'll "undoubtedly apologize."

"Clearly, it is a remark that shouldn't be used and I apologize, not solely to those that heard it, however to New Yorkers as a result of they need to count on extra from me," Adams stated.

Adams stated that somebody requested him a query utilizing the slur and that he responded utilizing it.

The brand new mayor was a police officer for over 20 years earlier than retiring from the New York Police Division as a captain in 2006, based on Politico. He took over as mayor on January 1, 2022.

Adams was a critic of the police division whereas working there, The Related Press reported. He additionally co-founded 100 Blacks in Regulation Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group pushing for felony justice reform and opposing police brutality.

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Earlier than turning into mayor of New York, Eric Adams was a police officer for over 20 years earlier than retiring from the New York Police Division as a captain in 2006. On this photograph, Adams speaks through the ninetieth Winter Assembly of USCM on January 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Pictures

Whereas Adams has solely been in workplace for somewhat over a month, this isn't the primary time his feedback have induced a stir.

Throughout a press convention urging giant companies to return to in-person work to help smaller companies on January 4, 2022, Adams stated that "low-skilled employees," like cooks and dishwashers, do not possess the tutorial expertise to "sit within the nook workplace," Newsweekreported.

Some criticized Adams for calling such employees "low-skilled," Newsweek reported.

The following day, Adams tweeted that he was a cook dinner and dishwasher.

"If no person got here to my restaurant after I was in faculty, I would not have been in a position to survive, Adams tweeted. "Whenever you discuss closing down our metropolis, you are speaking about placing low-wage employees out of a job. I am not letting that occur."

Adams additionally drew scrutiny when attempting to rent his brother for a $210,000 metropolis job to be the top of his safety, CNN reported.