Now-Congressman Ritchie Torres (then a City Council Member) about the rioting, arson, and looting in his district last June:
“I am deeply distressed by the burning of Fordham Road, which I saw first-hand. You would have to live in a morally inverted universe to think that racial justice is served by burning down communities of color. It never has been and never will be.”
Some of the violence occurred walking distance from my house. I saluted Ritchie Torres then, and I do again. Torres won his primary a few weeks later and was elected in November with 89% of the vote. Oh, and Congressman Torres is an enthusiastic true believing Zionist.