NYC Mayor Eric Adams Warns Protesters on Newsmax: ‘We Will Not Allow You to Destroy Our City’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned anti-ICE protesters that he would not allow them to “destroy our city or harm innocent people” on Wednesday after more than 80 people were arrested during demonstrations in the Big Apple.

“We know that there are those who travel our country, embed themselves into issues, like Antifa and others, and they have one goal in mind and that is to provoke and to create disruption and disorder, particularly with our law enforcement community,” Adams told Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren. “We identify them immediately, remove them from the crowds, and take proper police practice when they cross the line.”

He then warned, “Commissioner [Jessica] Tisch gave a very loud and clear message. We will allow peaceful protest, but we will not allow you to destroy our city or harm innocent people and we will take action whenever that takes place.”

Adams also blamed the unrest on “outside agitators,” who previously came to New York to “radicalize” students at Columbia University.

“If you recall during the Columbia protest, I talked about the outside agitators, professional agitators that want to come on our college campuses and radicalize our students,” he said. “Some of the leaflets and pamphlets that were handed out talk about hating America, hating Israel, hating Jewish people. Just real mean and nasty things.”

Adams continued, “And we went in and took appropriate action when they broke into a dorm room and we got the authorization to come in, so yes, and we found that there were those who were professionals, that they came from other parts of the country and actually agitated and pushed to participate in the taking over of Hamilton Hall. We’re seeing that here as well. These are professional people who believe in disruption and destruction of property.”

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