Posted on 12/28/2014 10:01:21 AM PST by Steelfish
NYPD Chief: "Inappropriate" For Officers To Turn Backs On Mayor Again
By REBECCA KAPLAN December 28, 2014
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said it was "very inappropriate" for officers to turn their backs on New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio at the funeral for slain NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos. It was the second time officers had done so since the slaying of two NYPD cops.
"That funeral was held to honor Officer Ramos, and to bring politics, to bring issues into that event I think was very inappropriate and I do not support it. He is the mayor of New York, he was there representing the citizens of New York to express their remorse and their regret at that death," Bratton said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
"At the same time it is reflective unfortunately of the feelings of some of our officers at this juncture about not just the mayor but I think about some of the many issues that are afflicting the city at this time and this particular police department," he added.
Tensions have been running high between DeBlasio and some of the city's police officers since Ramos and another officer, Wenjian Liu, were shot and killed in their patrol car earlier this month. Police union officials blamed DeBlasio for their deaths, in part because of his public support for people protesting grand jury decisions not to indict police officers who had killed two black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Bratton defended DeBlasio, calling him "totally supportive of his personnel" and praising the city for investing hundreds of millions of dollars in additional training, equipment and technology to enhance officer safety.
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Never a clearer case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Oh bull
He’s just a mayor of libtardland
Not Churchill
maybe the union but I think that most officers will not forget this
Nicely done Ted
Push comes to shove, the NYPD will put their pensions first. Always have.
DeBlasio is a politician, and an issue, so he should have not attended. Even Sharpton is smarter than that.
Lovely Warren is reprehensible. The voters Rochester are contemptible for electing this affirmative action clown
100% correct.
Bratton, like De Blasio are unworthy of those they lead. They should be shunned and find that their security details have gone on very long lunch breaks.
Bratton has done a good job straddling the cop/politician line up until now. Now he will have trouble with the rank and file.
Seems their chief kisses ass.
By remembering the greatness of those who held the office before, how can you do anything but turn your back on one who has so desecrated the office and the memory of those who came before?
Ehh, if you actually take a look, most NYC mayors have been “at war” with the NYPD (or, more specifically, the PBA). Look back at 1992, when they shut down the Brooklyn Bridge because they opposed the creation of a civilian oversight board. One thing to remember in all of this is that, much as they (justifiably) have the public sympathy now, they are, at bottom, a public employee union like any other. And they are currently in contract negotiations with the mayor.
Back to Hollywood with him.
So then Vilhelm should have respected the police, right?
Chief:
The Officers didnt turn their back on Duchbagio, they were watching the area behind them for signs of any potential danger for safety reasons.
It’s very true that mayors are constantly battling with - as you say - the PBA. But I haven’t seen it this bad since Dinkins, Korean Deli Boycott, etc.
Bratton should dunk his head in a bucket of cement and inhale.
I agree. Same goes for the pos occupying the white hut.
We don’t have politicians anymore; only kings, lords and assorted other elites, who rule over the surfs and servants of this once land of the free.
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