Democratic New York State Senate candidate Christian Amato confirmed a photo showing him at a 2020 Black Lives Matter rally holding a sign bearing an anti-cop slogan but denied knowing what it was.
Amato is running for the state senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, for whom he once worked as a staffer before being terminated in 2019. Biaggi is now seeking a seat in Congress.
Attorney James Gisondi, who is running against Amato in the Democratic primary, shared the photo on Twitter, stating that Amato is"[u]nfit to hold public office at any level."Amato insisted that he is not anti-police, telling the Post that he was at the counter-protest because the pro-police event was held days after the death of George Floyd.
"The officers deserve our respect. But we need our officers to be culturally cognitive," Amato said."When there is social unrest, it is not the best moment to hold an event. You have to read the room." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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