New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioBill de BlasioProtesters splash red paint on NYC streets to symbolize blood De Blasio: Robert E Lee’s ‘name should be taken off everything in America, period’ House Democratic whip pushes back on calls to defund police: We need to focus on reform MORE (D) responded over Twitter Wednesday night to protesters who interrupted his opening remarks during the Democratic presidential primary debate, thanking them and saying he heard them.
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In a Twitter thread, the mayor addressed the Justice Department’s decision this week not to charge the police officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, an African American man suspected of illegally selling untaxed cigarettes.
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“To the protestors in the audience today: I heard you. I saw you. I thank you,” he tweeted. “This is what democracy looks like and no one said it was pretty.”
“I want the Garner family and every single person hurt by the tragedy of his death to know they are seen and heard,” he added. “We all watched Eric Garner’s dying words. They haunted this nation. He NEVER should have died.”
“While I believe that respecting the process is the best way to get justice for Eric Garner’s family, I recognize and identify with the pain people across this country are feeling,” de Blasio said. “From ending a broken policy of stop-and-frisk to training our officers in implicit bias, we’ve fundamentally changed our city because of Eric Garner — so that a tragedy like this never happens again.”
To the protestors in the audience today: I heard you. I saw you. I thank you.
This is what democracy looks like and no one said it was pretty. #DemDebate
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) August 1, 2019
I want the Garner family and every single person hurt by the tragedy of his death to know they are seen and heard.
We all watched Eric Garner’s dying words. They haunted this nation. He NEVER should have died. #DemDebate
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) August 1, 2019
While I believe that respecting the process is the best way to get justice for Eric Garner’s family, I recognize and identify with the pain people across this country are feeling. #DemDebate
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) August 1, 2019
From ending a broken policy of stop-and-frisk to training our officers in implicit bias, we’ve fundamentally changed our city because of Eric Garner — so that a tragedy like this never happens again. #DemDebate
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) August 1, 2019
The mayor was not the only candidate on Wednesday’s stage to be interrupted by protesters: Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE was also targeted by activists who chanted slogans referring to the Obama administration’s record of deportations.
Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.), de Blasio’s 2020 rival, tweeted his own response to the protesters, writing: “To the folks who were standing up to Mayor de Blasio a few minutes ago—good for you.”