New York Mayor Eric Adams tweeted out a disturbing video that showed the armed robbery of a mother in the Bronx with her 3-year-old son only a stretched-arm away, in an apparent attempt to garner support for the politician’s recently launched anti-gun unit.
In the 9 March video, Maxie Feliz, 35, can be seen walking down the stairs towards the lobby of her Bronx apartment before an armed gunman approaches her and forces his hands over her mouth to prevent her from screaming out for help. Her son, Max, who the New York Post reported is autistic, remains clutching his mother’s hand as the two masked and hooded assailants rifle through Ms Feliz’s handbag.
