[Ancesthntr]

I never thought Dinkins intentionally didn't protect the Jews. If you remember, he was the biggest do nothing Mayor ever. Just like Obummer and Golf, Dinkins was always playing Tennis. A real affirmative action hire.

I lived in NJ at the time, and followed this closely. The cops had legions of mounted and armored, shield-bearing cops ready to kick ass and take names only a few blocks away beginning less than a day after the riots started, and Dinkins forbade them to intervene. That SOB has a lot of blood on his hands.

[Lazlo in PA]

Thanks for that. You are probably right. I always had the impression in that episode that he handled it the same way he handled everything else. In my mind he was an absentee Mayor. It was 20 years ago so remembering all the details in every episode of turmoil that Sharpton created gets fuzzy.

[Gabz]

I lived in Delaware at the time, but my brother and a couple of close friends were NYPD - they hated Dinkins because of that