At Luigi Mangiones Perp Walk, Mayor Eric Adams Appeared Stage Right

As perp walks go, few have been more cinematic: Luigi Mangione, handcuffed and wearing an orange jumpsuit, surrounded by a phalanx of armed law enforcement officers as they led him off a helipad.And there, in the left of the scrum, Mayor Eric Adams walked behind, wearing a navy blue overcoat and a stern look on his face.The appearance of Mr.Adams on Thursday was atypical.

Most mayors do not personally oversee the handling of people in federal custody, but Mr.Adams made an exception for Mr.

Mangione, who came to the city to face murder and terror charges in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive.Mr.Adams said in a television interview that aired on Friday that the shooting had traumatized people who work in the health care field and he wanted to show that he was “leading from the front.”“I wanted to look him in the eye and say you carried out this terroristic act in my city — the city that the people of New York love, and I wanted to be there to show the symbolism of that,” Mr.

Adams said in a television interview with WPIX news.The high-profile perp walk also provided an opportunity for Mr.Adams, a former police captain, to project an image of toughness on public safety and to change the subject after a difficult week for the politically weakened mayor.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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