Woke City Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan held a controversial vigil for a cop-killing maniac alongside the two detectives he slaughtered.
Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, as well as their killer — who died after being shot by a third officer as he tried to escape. She advocates for “radical love” and the “abolition” of police.
She posted video of her poorly attended Feb. 3 “healing vigil for the village of Harlem,” writing, “We hold space for all lives lost.”“A little self awareness? Look around. Where are your community members? Don’t blame the weather. Ppl come out for what they believe in. Just look at PO Rivera & PO Mora’s funerals. Freezing cold, packed w people paying respects. You’re alone at this vigil for a reason. Shameful,” Melanie Wesslock tweeted.
“I really felt like having a vigil for the murderer of two cop, she was trying to push buttons. It’s completely distasteful,” Wesslock said.“Including a felon that shot two cops. Why include him?”Jordan blocked several Twitter users who took issue with the vigil.have gotten into hot water for blocking constituents from their Twitter accounts.
“As a general matter … public officials are bound by the First Amendment and have to allow speech in a forum, including speech that’s critical of them,” said Katie Fallow, senior counsel at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
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