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| New York City's first Black mayor David Dinkins passed away. |
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The first African American mayor of the largest city in the United States had passed away.
David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City passed away on Monday. The former mayor of the largest city in the United States served one term.
Elected as a Democrat, Dinkins was trying to improve race relations between the people of color and the city’s police. At times, he would often face backlash for trying to clean up the streets of corruption.
He was vilified by the far-right agitators and the controversial New York Police Department.
In September 1992, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association organized a rally of thousands of police officers who blocked the Brooklyn Bridge to protest police oversight proposed by Dinkins.
Other uniformed officers jumped over police barricades to rush City Hall. Some were openly drinking, damaging cars, and physically attacking journalists from the New York Times on the scene. On-duty officers did little to control the riot.
Dinkins died on Monday at his home in Manhattan’s Upper East Side at the age of 93.
The NYPD had received a call from Dinkins’ residence about an unconscious person having difficulty breathing.
Current mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed that the former mayor passed away from an unspecific illness.
Dinkins championed economic equality, education for people of color and an end to the Blue Wall of Silence. He said that he would be an alternative to the conservative leaning Democrat, Ed Koch.
Koch was a tough on crime, brazenly egomaniacal and in your face.
Dinkins had resistance from the racist police unions. They would often ignore the needs of the community and it led to high crime. Then president George H.W. Bush led the country into a recession and New York City was taking a hit.
Then the rise of the National Action Network and its founder the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Sharpton was a harsh critic of Dinkins for not taking more actions on police unions. In the wake of five high profile shootings by the NYPD, Dinkins wanted to fire the police chief at the time. It led to clashes between him and the police. Sharpton also supported Dinkins on trying to build bridges and the far-right saw that as an opportunity to tear him down. The police union vilified Dinkins for associating with Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Crime went down under Dinkins.
But in the offset minds of the white nationalist Republican Party, a federal prosecutor named Rudolph Giuliani weaseled his way into politics. He often spoke about how Dinkins was not a friend to white residents and Jewish residents. The Crown Heights riots also divided the city.
A prominent rabbi’s motorcade hit two children and one died. It caused tension between the Black residents and the conservative Orthodox Jewish Chabad community.
It led to a riot in the city and dropped Dinkins poll numbers massively. The riot killed a young Jewish man from Australia studying in New York. The incident led to destruction of Jewish and Asian businesses and led to many injuries on residents and the police.
Dinkins would lose to Giuliani in a nail-biter race. Giuliani became the first Republican in over 40 years to become the mayor of the largest city in New York.
Giuliani would take credit for Dinkins’ successes and often blamed him for failures under his watch.
Dinkins never once said nothing bad about his predecessor other than he’s got a long road ahead of him.
Boy was he right. Now as President Donald J. Trump’s attorney, he has embarrasses himself and the president at every turn. The former mayor is foolishly trying to overturn the results of the presidential election.
Dinkins remained in the public eye until 2019. He leaves behind two children and two grandchildren. His wife Joyce Burrow-Dinkins had passed away in October.
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