As Los Angeles suffers riots and the indignity of rescue by President Donald Trump, let’s take a moment to appreciate the NYPD.
When it comes to handling unruly protests, ICE raids and stopping violence cold , New York’s Finest stand head and shoulders above their LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department counterparts.
Of course, Mayor Eric Adams also stands in stark contrast to LA’s Karen Bass: Where she all but summoned up the riots last Friday, he this week called the violence in Los Angeles “unacceptable” and warned it “would not be tolerated if attempted in our city.”
And of course he didn’t have police hold off for two hours when NYC protesters began to push the boundaries.
So New York City won’t need to accept Trump’s offer of federal assistance .
Nor will it toler