In a little known piece of New York City history, Adams once served as Sharpton's bodyguard.
The Reverend Al Sharpton holds up a clenched fist as he and other demonstrators are arrested on the subway tracks in Brooklyn on Dec. 22, 1987. | Keith Torrie/NY Daily News/Getty Images
“Eric remembers there was a demonstration somewhere and a guy, a police officer, said over the walkie talkie: ‘Al Sharpton showed up. Should I let him in or shoot him?’” Sharpton recalled. “I remember the organization coming forward and saying, ‘Listen. We can’t take this for granted that something could happen to a civil rights leader under our watch,’” Adams said.
Sharpton’s involvement in the bail negotiations has troubled some Black elected officials like City Council Member Crystal Hudson who told POLITICO she wished the reverend would bring top political leadership together on other, more positive issues like affordable housing or education.during the midterms, stoking voters’ fears about crime that helped them secure enough seats to retake the House.
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