00:00Assemblyman Mamdani has been critical of the strategic response group in relation to its use of protests.
00:09How do you respond to that criticism?
00:11Well, I was told this morning by my team, he also doesn't feel that police should respond to hate crimes or investigate hate crimes.
00:25So police should not investigate hate crimes.
00:27Police should not go to domestic violence incidents.
00:30One of the most dangerous incidents a police officer can go on doesn't want SRG to respond to these incidents.
00:40We just have a philosophical difference in the principles of public safety.
00:45And there's a reason crime is down and jobs are up.
00:49And idealism collides with realism when you are saving the lives of people.
00:53Thank God SRG was there to go inside that building and do a floor-by-floor search.
01:00Specialized, well-trained law enforcement officers know how to do their specialty.
01:07And that's what officers who respond to domestic violence incidents.
01:11I keep reminding people, Officer Mora and Rivera were going to a domestic violence call when they were assassinated.
01:20I saw the tape.
01:22I saw how they were assassinated.
01:24And so when you put civilians in harm's way to respond to a domestic violence incident, that's irresponsible and it's reckless.
01:32When you state that police officers should not investigate hate crimes, that's irresponsible and that's reckless.
01:39And reckless thought can't turn into reckless action because innocent New Yorkers are going to be hurt.
01:47What about protests?
01:48Same with protests.
01:49If you go look at some of the protests that are taking place, I remember the protests we had last year where someone threw a chair that hit and dented the helmet of a police officer.
02:03You know, no one is there.
02:05They don't go into action unless there's a need.
02:07Peaceful protests?
02:08SRG does not go into action.
02:10These are specialized, trained people.
02:12And so when you have protests that's acting orderly, that's moving the way they're supposed to do, you don't have SRG.
02:20They come when it gets out of hand.
02:22That's what specialized units are for.
02:24So I would really encourage him as he's campaigning to sit down and learn what a specialized unit does in the police department.
02:33And you can't be so idealistic that you're not realistic.
02:36There are bad people that do bad things to good people in this city.
02:39And if you want to police this city based on philosophies and concepts, that's not going to happen.
02:46I didn't study law enforcement.
02:48I did law enforcement.
02:50Like, I didn't study poverty.
02:52I live poverty.
02:53Thanks.
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