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NAACP president calls council members 'heroic' - Praises override vote on NYPD tactics
brooklyneagle.com ^ | August 24, 2013 | Paula Katinas

Posted on 08/23/2013 9:15:04 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

The 34 City Council members who voted to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the Community Safety Act – legislation that creates an inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department – performed a heroic act, the president of the NAACP said Thursday.

Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, said the vote marked a turning point for New York. "This is the beginning of the end of our democracy tolerating police using race, ethnicity, LGBT-status, or faith as a substitute for reasonable suspicion. We are thankful to the 34 City Council members who heroically stood up for the American ideals of freedom and justice, and stood together in the face of fact-defying and fear-mongering by the mayor and commissioner,” he said.

Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had charged that the legislation, aimed at stopping the controversial stop-and-frisk policy, would result in crime increases because cop’s hands would be tied.

The council vote, which took place on Thursday, drew a flurry of reaction from elected officials and candidates.

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, who served as a deputy mayor in the Giuliani Administration, said he was “outraged” by the council’s action.

“These overrides were an appalling display of political pandering at the expense of New Yorker’s safety. These bills will have a devastating impact on the NYPD’s ability to proactively fight crime in this city. Plain and simple, they are bad public policy. The candidates who support these bills have shown New Yorkers that they are not prepared to lead this city,” Lhota said.

State Sen. Marty Golden a retired police officer, blasted the council’s vote. “The blood of the innocent is now on the hands of the City Council members who supported this flawed and misguided piece of legislation,” Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) said.

“As a former police officer, I can tell you that instituting these policies will tie the hands of the New York City Police Department, make the job of a police officer harder, and make being a successful criminal easier,” Golden added.

Democrat Sal Albanese, who is running for mayor, had this reaction to the override vote. “The City Council just bought $2 million worth of red tape with taxpayer money, but did absolutely nothing to improve public safety or protect civil liberties," the former Bay Ridge councilman said.

In his statement, George McDonald, a Republican running for mayor, referred to Democratic candidate’s Bill de Blasio’s teenage son Dante de Blasio, a black teenager who has been featured in his father’s campaign commercials. “Today, the sad truth is that Dante and young men who look like him across this city are less safe for the City Council and Democrat mayoral candidates playing political games with our policing policies,” he said.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) called the override vote “a heavy blow to the safety of all New Yorkers” and said the legislation will hurt police. “It will be more difficult for our police force to do its job, and there will undoubtedly be consequences,” she said.

Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis vowed to help defend police against lawsuits. The Community Safety Act will make it easier for citizens to file lawsuits against police officers over racial profiling.“Those city council members who voted for it must be held accountable for the rise in crime that will undoubtedly take place. Lawsuits will be filed in opposition to this law and I plan to play an active role in backing them," he said.

Council members Brad Lander (D-Park Slope-Kensington) and Jumaane Williams (D-Flatbush), who co-sponsored the landmark legislation, issued a joint statement prosing the council’s vote.

“Today, the City Council listened to the voices of reason and passed legally sound and responsible legislation that respects the 4th and 14th Amendment Rights of city residents, while providing the necessary oversight to establish better policing practices," Lander and Williams stated.

“We’d like to thank Speaker Christine Quinn, our City Council colleagues, and most of all to the diverse coalition of New Yorkers who worked tirelessly to pass the Community Safety Act. We look forward to continuing working for a safer and more equitable and just New York for all,” the legislation’s sponsors stated.


TOPICS: US: New York
KEYWORDS: newyork; newyorkcity

1 posted on 08/23/2013 9:15:04 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Why should any of us who don’t live in that $h!t Hole known as NYC give a rat’s ass about this vote? Let the Blacks have their “freedom from search” while their “fellow citizens” go on about killing each other and some of them too.


2 posted on 08/23/2013 9:30:56 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The fools who voted for these cynical clowns deserve what they’re about to get. For all other NYers, my sympathy.


3 posted on 08/23/2013 9:40:05 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Tailgunner Joe

If they would vote for shall issue concealed carry, they could quit stop and frisk and crime would go down anyway.


4 posted on 08/23/2013 10:18:12 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Tailgunner Joe

NAACP helps run the race war.

They should be rounded up and taken to GITMO.


5 posted on 08/23/2013 10:35:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The reason we are where we are today is the belief that posting on a website will fix the nation.)
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To: Argus
Argus :" Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had charged that the legislation, aimed at stopping the controversial stop-and-frisk policy,
would result in crime increases because cop’s hands would be tied. "

Notice that the FED Govt. is opposed to "Stop and Frisk" because it is effective.
Get over the fact that it is Bloomieberg
when the program is effective at stopping armed violence by profiling , it should be encouraged
NOT according to the Fed lawsuit !!
It seems that the Fed prefers racial violence via firearms rather than profiling .
The DEMORATS are within NYC and Long Island ; 30 miles out of NYC , the rest of the State is Conservative !!
And all Upstate New Yorkers will remember Cuomo and the SAFE Act come re-election time ,
and they are pi$$ed !!

6 posted on 08/23/2013 10:40:13 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Long Island is basically split even.


7 posted on 08/24/2013 4:09:30 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Tailgunner Joe.
The 34 City Council members who voted to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the Community Safety Act – legislation that creates an inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department – performed a heroic act, the president of the NAACP said Thursday... "This is the beginning of the end of our democracy tolerating police using race, ethnicity, LGBT-status, or faith as a substitute for reasonable suspicion..."
IOW, if the eyewitness sez the perp was a cross-dressing black muzzie, no cops will be assigned to the case. Justice for all. /s


8 posted on 08/24/2013 1:40:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis vowed to help defend police against lawsuits.

Wow, this is the first I'd heard that there was a Republican candidate.


9 posted on 08/24/2013 1:46:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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