The truth about Rikers’ deaths and Mamdani’s reckless agenda
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Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who passed away on Rikers Island while awaiting trial for the brutal stabbing murder of one man and the injuring of another.
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What happened
Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who passed away on Rikers Island while awaiting trial for the brutal stabbing murder of one man and the injuring of another.
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