Senator Hillary Clinton has done little for these people except to offer the usual platitudes and then, effectively disappear. Prior to her election she made anti-police remarks, to the point of calling policemen who were alleged to have killed an unarmed man, murderers, long before any proof was presented that this was a 'murder' (the policemen were aqquited).
Bill Clinton's sudden and unjustified pardon of convicted cop-killers before the 2000 election was a tranparent and obvious ploy to payback supporters and gain votes from the Puerto Rican community in New York. This did not go unnoticed by New York City police.
In short, Hillary has been tepid in her support for the war, she has said and done no more than necessary for victims and her anti-police attitude is well known. With this background she appears at a benefit concert filled with Firemen and Policemen still hurting from the losses they suffered as a group on September 11th. Her lukewarm support for the victims and tepid backing of President Bush combined with the past anti-police actions and statements she has been noted for come to a head, even for just a few moments and yes, she is booed.
To characterize the booing as an uncouth action beneath the people involved is to step away from the political and emotional reality of the moment and fails to deal with the fact that these were Police and Firemen, not the royal court of St. James and Hillary is not the Queen, just a junior Senator, a politician, not loved by all, to put it gently, as you would no doubt prefer.
Senator Clinton earned that booing and I do not feel sorry for her or believe that the people doing the booing need to apoligize; Hillary had it coming.
Actually, she disappeared only *after* horning her way into enough photos and videotapings.
As much as she and her elitist, sissified pals would like to believe that these heroes are just ignorant, mouth-breathing, blue-collar grunts who scrape their knuckles along the ground as they walk into the bar to drink some Schlitz, they're smart and perceptive people. They have to be -- they have had to learn to quickly assess situations and make fast decisions, otherwise they could risk lives.
After all that, getting a read on what a phony, condescending bitch she is isn't particularly difficult.