Amid bomb threats at Gracie Mansion, new york city A feud erupted on Friday between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and far-right social media leaders led by Jake Lang.
Long was leading a protest outside Gracie Tower on Saturday when explosives and smoke-generating devices were thrown at protesters. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Sunday that two men, Emil Barat and Ibrahim Qayoumi, were arrested in connection with the incident.
As events unfolded on Sunday, a third person was arrested, 21-year-old Ian McGinnis. Philadelphiafar-right social media has been embroiled in an entirely different war of words.
It started with a post Zoran Mamdani made on his social media shortly after NYPD Commissioner Tisch held a press conference on Sunday. In the post, Mamdani took aim at protest groups associated with Jack Long, calling them “white supremacists.” He also called throwing explosives at protesters a “criminal act” and “antithetical to us.”
Far-right social media accused Mandani of allegedly protecting individuals involved in throwing explosives outside Gracie Tower on New York’s Upper East Side.
Also read: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch provides update on Gracie Manion incident; ‘Not a hoax’
Popular far-right influencer Laura Loomer slammed Mamdani, saying: “So Zoran Mamdani calls Jack Long a white supremacist, but he won’t describe who dropped the bomb on Jack: a Muslim jihadist Mamdami (sic) supporter.”
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Note: There is no evidence that the suspect who threw the explosives outside the Gracie mansion was shouting any slogans. Furthermore, there is no indication that they are supporters of Zoran Mamdani.
“Who tried to use an explosive device?” Fox News host Tommy Lahren wrote.
“So let me be clear: Protester Jack Long = Violent white supremacist building and throwing bombs in the city, chanting Allah Akbar =?????????” Matt Van Swore wrote.
Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday an investigation into the device found outside Gracie Mansion was an actual explosive and not a hoax device or smoke bomb.
They were “an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death,” Tisch said, adding that “further analysis, including of the second device, will be conducted.”
“Amir Balat and Ibrahim Qayoumi were arrested at the scene yesterday and detained in connection with the incident,” she noted. “The NYPD is working with partners in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI through our Joint Terrorism Task Force on this investigation.”
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