How many times do Blacks have to save the Democrats?
With Black voters having just thrust a moderate ex-cop to the head of the pack in New York Citys mayoral race, its the second time in just over a year theyve done it. Making Brooklyn Borough President and former police captain Eric Adams the next mayor of liberal New York propels public safety toward the top of Democrats priority list. And it takes air out of the politically poisonous defund the police nonsense floated by a few on the left. I dont hate police departments, Adams, an African American who says he was beaten by police in his youth, said. I hate abusive policing, and thats what people mix up.  The lefts candidate, activist Maya Wiley, is among the mixed up. She wants to slash $1 billion from the budget of the New York Police Department just as shootings spike. It also didnt help Wiley that her family paid for a private security service after her partner violently was mugged.