A Queens woman who lost an eye in a horrifying caught-on-camera attack while waiting for the train in September, decried AOC’s calls to reduce police funding.
“I cannot call a teacher if I need help. If a man is running me down, I cannot call a teacher. I’m going to have to call the police. I’m going to be praying for police, not a teacher.”
The Bronx and Queens Democrat, who has long backed the “defund the police” movement, attacked Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to give “militarized”“We are now at a point where officially, most officers are paid more than a teacher with a master’s degree serving these same kids involved in these same incidents,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We are defunding safety, defunding our public schools, defunding our public pools, defunding our parks [and] defunding our libraries.
Elizabeth Gomes slammed AOC for suggesting money being used to give NYPD officers raises by put toward city schools, libraries, pools and parks.AOC added: “When we are taking all of those resources and demanding that every single department – except the militarized one – be cut, we are sending a message about who and what we care about.”
Gomes acknowledged city cops and teachers are both in need of additional funding, but stressed that public safety should be the utmost priority. “We need both, but safety do[es] come first. If you don’t make these children safe in school, how would you make them want to go to school?” she asked. “Once anybody feels in danger in any kind of way, they wouldn’t want to go. You want to fix all these community places like pools and parks? But how would people want to go if there’s no safety? I believe safety come[s] with police officers.”Elizabeth Gomes lost her right eye in the brutal, caught-on-camera attack.
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