Chapter SixteenReyna Amarosa had become the poster girl in the Socialist Party of New York's mayoral campaign. Democratic incumbent John Jordan was under fire from far-left supporters for his hands-off policy in dealing with the beleaguered NYPD. The Black Lives Matter movement had become more visible as street demonstrations in Manhattan were conducted on a weekly basis. The Cop Watchers were hounding police units as they attended to incidents in progress. Fake News was having a field day with conspiracy theories suggesting vigilante groups were behind the unprecedented g**g wars on the city streets.
“The community of East Harlem, among many others, is under siege by the private army that the NYPD has become,” Amarosa railed during a live news conference broadcast nationwide by CNN. “The
