BLM activist calls New York City mayor 'white man in blackface'

A Black Lives Matter of Greater New York activist referred to Mayor Eric Adams as a “white man in blackface” and blamed him for not tackling the increasing frequency of gun violence in the city.

Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of the New York-based BLM group, said during an interview Thursday evening on Fox’s America’s Newsroom that Adams has been “ineffective” at keeping the city safe. Adams, who faced threats of violence from Newsome last November for his planned crackdown on violence, was also described as being a “conservative-minded white man.”