the other officer unharmed. the third and fourth nypd officers shot in the last week and so far in 2022 five officers have been shot. the first few weeks of the year have been pretty violent in new york city under new leadership of mayor eric adams. a former police captain himself. gun violence a huge priority for adams as he s taken over, the police department reinstated a controversial plain clothed anti-crime unit largely focused on getting firearms off the street. it was dismantled last year after its tactics were deemed unconstitutional. urging new yorkers to stand together at this tragic time against those who perpetrate gun violence. this was not just an attack on three brave officers. this was an attack on the city of new york. we are not going to win this battle by dividing lines between
i don t think that s what will work. what s your reaction? we don t deal with gun control specifically, but i can tell you we do a lot of work on incarceration. we know we as a society pay to incarcerate people who perpetrate gun violence. there are plenty of people in prison who are not criminals, who were caught up in emotion and the only crime they ever committed was a crime of passion. you know, if there hadn t been a gun present, if they weren t able to have access to a gun, it s hard to say. to say that it s an individual right is to ignore there s a huge social cost for all of us, not just in terms of victimization, but for instance, the cost of incarceration. we really need to look at this with a broader lens. assault weapons ban, some are saying it didn t work in 94 as lapierre is saying, and that s because manufacturers were able to tweak features on the gun to