Those symbolic displays of contempt were intended to demonstrate the departments lack of faith in its democratically elected leader. What they have communicated instead is that the New York Police Department is too childish and entitled to deserve its privileged status, and too aggrieved and resentful to be called New Yorks Finest. The New York Police Department is an embarrassment to the city of New York. After the non-indictment of Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who killed unarmed Staten Island man Eric Garner, the department has embarked on an apparent mission to make itself look as juvenile as possible. In addition to the turned backs, the union representing NYPD officers recently pushed a petition to bar the mayor from attending cops funerals, then all but instructed officers to participate in a work stoppage.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:53:29 +0000
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