New York, March 6. The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, assured this Monday that people who wear masks should enter stores and supermarkets without them, with the aim of preventing more robberies in the city.
“Some of these people who go into stores wearing masks, they don’t do it because they are afraid of the pandemic: they do it because they are afraid of the Police,” Adams said in an interview on the PIX11 channel, asked about the increase in thefts and robberies in commercial premises.
The mayor insisted that it is necessary to prevent “these people from using masks (…) to perpetrate crimes”, avoiding being recognized by private security cameras and those of the Police.
In this sense, he insisted that it must be made clear that people “cannot enter with the mask on. Once inside, they can put it on.”
“So if someone walks into my store and I say please remove your mask when you go in and you’re not willing to do it, well I’m going to worry a little bit. I’m going to act differently. That’s all we’re dealing with. to do, empower store owners,” he said.
Adams referred to the murder of a clerk at a small New York store this weekend, which was allegedly committed by a man wearing a protective suit and mask. EFE
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