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In reply to the discussion: One Brave Officer Did Not Turn His Back On The Mayor ---> [View all]napkinz
(17,199 posts)42. "We have to understand the betrayal that they feel."
How again were they betrayed? HOW????
1. The Mayor shared that he had a talk with his son, as any good father should.
2. And from your own thread, the mayor spoke out against violence:
On December 17th Mayor de Blasio said:
You cannot talk about social change and then commit an act of violence against a police officer. It makes no sense. It denigrates the cause. It undermines the legitimacy. Its illegal, its wrong, its immoral.
Again on the 19th, a day before the killing of the officers, said:
This is what our democracy allows for, is people to make their voices heard peacefully, in an organized way and thats what this group and others have been doing. I made very clear that we cannot accept any violence against our police officers or against anyone. And they were very quick to affirm that they were appalled equally by the events on Saturday night. They find it unacceptable and they will work with the police to identify anyone who seeks to harm the police or harm anyone and undermine their non-violent peaceful progressive movement.
You cannot talk about social change and then commit an act of violence against a police officer. It makes no sense. It denigrates the cause. It undermines the legitimacy. Its illegal, its wrong, its immoral.
Again on the 19th, a day before the killing of the officers, said:
This is what our democracy allows for, is people to make their voices heard peacefully, in an organized way and thats what this group and others have been doing. I made very clear that we cannot accept any violence against our police officers or against anyone. And they were very quick to affirm that they were appalled equally by the events on Saturday night. They find it unacceptable and they will work with the police to identify anyone who seeks to harm the police or harm anyone and undermine their non-violent peaceful progressive movement.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026002280
Pat Lynch is a DISGRACE!
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My respect for the officer is not because he stood facing and didn't turn his back on the mayor
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#8
by turning their backs, the other officers were politicizing a funeral and disrespecting
napkinz
Dec 2014
#11
Amazing! One "gutsy" Black Officer.. beautiful. Mahalo napkinz. The NYPD, except for one,
Cha
Dec 2014
#3
Yes, and Chief Chris Magnus.. more about him later. We should get a whole list of the PD who are
Cha
Dec 2014
#18
Brilliant.. The Serpico Award.. like the Heisman only for Cops. More on Chief Magnus..
Cha
Dec 2014
#33
I wonder how many New Yorkers actually support these antics and how many are disgusted by them.
napkinz
Dec 2014
#24
You can be sure this man disappeared. Hope that brave cop watches his back
mountain grammy
Dec 2014
#46
Yeah, I like that.. "Portrait of Courage".. the only one out of how many?! Hope we find out if
Cha
Dec 2014
#40
Pat Lynch and the NYPD who turned their backs on the Mayor have this Bully-Victim card down
Cha
Dec 2014
#43