The Police Unions of this country have to decide if they are a gang or public servants. ----------------------- The head of the Policeman’s Benevolent Association in New Jersey said that the shooting of the officers was “spurred on by so much recent hatred aimed at officers everywhere.” “Our society stands safer because of the sacrifices officers make everyday, but the hatred that has grown over the past few weeks in this country has gone unchecked by many elected leaders,” the official, Patrick Colligan, said in a statement posted on Facebook. A declaration of war against people of color in New York has also been issued: A statement purporting to be from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the biggest police union, blamed Mr. de Blasio for the shootings. “The mayor’s hands are literally dripping with our blood because of his words, actions and policies,” read the statement, “and we have, for the first time in a number of years, become a ‘wartime’ police department. We will act accordingly.” The statement instructed officers to forward it to colleagues, and it spread instantly through the department. alternet.org/speakeasy/chaunceydevega/lives-two-police-killed-brooklyn-saturday-are-no-more-valuable-eric-garner
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:04:45 +0000