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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Conservatives target AOC for opposing policy to add cops to subways – despite more police not preventing Brooklyn shooting

REUTERS

A handful of conservatives and right-wing media personalities are going after congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and progressives after a deadly shooting rocked the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Always eager to jump on proponents of a "defund the police" message, critics of the New York congresswoman quickly turned their criticism on the left after news broke that 10 people had been shot during a rush hour commute on Tuesday.

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