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Ok, you're right that he didn't pretend he wasn't a cop. I guess I meant it more in the sense of he sold himself as someone who was no longer a cop, and was going hold them to account. For example:
https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1358966542747250689
This is something cops almost never do. They never go after their own. If a former cop had actually gone after bad cops, it would have been a really newsworthy thing. Cynics never believed he would do that, because they know how cops (both former and current) care much more about other cops than they do about the public. But, I think some people believed that he was telling the truth and that he'd try to clean up the police force.
So, did he crack down on bad cops? Of course not. He backed a secret police unit filled with those same bad cops. In fact, he got special live-stream feeds from their body cameras.
https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-adams-nypd-community-response-team-police-nyc-misconduct-transparency
I'm cynical, but I'd never vote for someone who had been a cop for 20 years, and I'd certainly never believe them if they said they were going to reform the police department. Maybe I'd believe it if someone had been kicked out of the police for being a whistle blower. But, someone who worked as a cop for 20 years then stepped down to run for political office? Nah dude, that guy is always going to side with the cops. If he's not a bad apple himself, he's definitely spoiled along with the rest of the bunch.