Eric Adams clashes with ‘woke’ defense lawyer who downplayed Officer Jonathan Diller’s murder
NY Post
Mayor Eric Adams took aim at a woke criminal defense lawyer who downplayed the murder of Police Officer Jonathan Diller as a “rare occurrence” — and instead focused on cops who have “killed” citizens.
Olayemi Olurin, a self-described “movement” lawyer and “abolitionist thinker,” appeared with Adams on iHeartMedia’s “The Breakfast Club” with hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy in a segment that aired on Friday morning.
Olurin began by labeling Adams a “fearmonger” — as she defended the controversial cashless bail law, arguing that most freed defendants aren’t rearrested.
“I’m not talking about bail,” Adams shot back.
“In the same breath that you want to sensationalize, we want to highlight and point out how an officer was killed the other day, which is a rare occurrence across the United States but let alone in New York, New York police officers have killed at least seven people this year, including a 19-year-old,” Olurin said.
She was referring to a 19-year-old man experiencing a “mental crisis” who was shot dead by NYPD cops when he allegedly charged at them with a pair of scissors inside a Queens apartment Wednesday afternoon.
