Posted on 10/04/2022 6:02:47 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The widow of fallen Austin Police Department Officer Anthony "Tony" Martin said she was "crushed" after seeing Mayor Steve Adler appearing to sleep at her husband's funeral on Monday.
This service wasn’t just a check list for us. It was the honor & respect of a man who has served his country and community his WHOLE life. My family needed to see him honored not [disrespected]," Amberlee Martin said in a statement on Tuesday through the Austin Police Association.
"My husband, their father who doesn’t get to ever come home again, doesn’t get to go to SLEEP next to me EVER again, doesn’t get to RETIRE in four years from now, who doesn’t get to enjoy those golden years with me. I know he doesn’t mean anything to you but could you have at least pretended for just one hour."
Adler apologized on Monday after a photo surfaced of him with his head down and eyes closed at the funeral for Officer Martin, who died last month in a car crash while returning home from his night shift.
"I want to express my deepest apologies to the family of Officer Martin. Officer Martin died 10 days ago and will forever be honored as a hero. This moment should be about him and his family, including his two daughters whose words today pierced my heart as a father," Adler said in a statement on Monday.
"I hold Officer Martin in the highest regard. May his memory be a blessing to his family, and to the city he served."
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Well....YOU PEOPLE voted for him so....
He’s a commie elitist bastard….and I didn’t vote for him.
All true, bur why does getting killed in an off duty car crash make one a hero? It is not even death in the line of duty.
Correction!
The only thing this hack is sorry for is letting his contempt for the police and his disrespect for Officer Martin and his family show. The communists don't even bother hiding their arrogance anymore.
No war is winnable if you do not even identify the enemy...
He was returning home from his night shift.
Bfl
Yeah, but the officer was white so it’s OK for the Democrat mayor to disrespect him. In fact, expected by the left.
Democrats are scum.
The problem was, the local Starbucks closed due to crime and he couldn’t get his coffee fix.
👍🏻
Thank you.
How folks don’t realize this, is amazing.
It is disrespectful but the Apostles also fell asleep when Jesus asked them to keep watch, TWICE. He said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
So he was. That generally means having logged off duty. In any case it is no more heroic than being killed in an air crash. We need to stop bastardizing the word hero. Now every member of the armed fores is an heroic this or that. That is absurd.
Well, don’t invite mayors like Steve Adler to the funeral if you don’t want them to disrespect your loved ones.
I agree with you. The hyperbolic nature of our language is watering down the meaning of words. "Amazing" is probably the most bastardized word known to mankind.
THE POLICE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PASSING BY HERE FOR A GOOD TWENTY MINUTES. IT HAS TO BE THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL WITH MILLIONS IN EQUIPMENT. WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT UNATTENDED? SHOWS HOW BIG THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIZE OF GOVERNMENT IS IN TEXAS. CRIME AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CAN BE STOPPED WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE. THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO SO DOES NOT EXIST.
This may be for Pastore’s funeral. Nevertheless, an ARMY passed by here today. Wow.
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