If, by ‘democracy’, you mean ‘mob rule’, then it’s not a threat, it’s a surrender.............
Boo frickin’ hoo.
On the one hand this whiny little beyotch claims the NYPD’s actions are a threat to democracy, then he praises the results.
The one thing to remember in whatever happnes.... It’s all Sharpton, Obama, Holder and DeBlasio’s fault.
And the fault of the idiots who elected and support them.
“But as a whole, this represents a completely irresponsible rejection of the duty to enforce the law. “
Then maybe people can think of that the next time they start liking the idea of innocent cops being shot.
They’ve been thrown under the bus by Obama and the democrats. Time to wake the people up to get them to throw out the real traitors. Maybe no more police will finally do that.
forget traffic tickets - pull all security protections from Balzio
Let’s hope that this behavior of the pissed-off cops spreads to the military.
Is the writer advocating that the cops, and by extension the military, should “just follow orders?”
The NYPD are still enforcing issues that impact public safety. They’re just not doing the things that collect revenue for the city right now.
And that’s why the leftist enemedia is upset with them is because the cops aren’t out strong-arming money from people.
New York City’s 2014-2015 budget is partly based on revenue from $512 million in parking violation fines.
And THAT is what the NYPD isn’t doing right now.
It’s a rebellion, but that’s what happens when democracy is not served and the rule of law is not upheld...by the people at the top. In pursuit of his radical leftist goals, De Blasio has effectively destroyed the rule of law in New York City. The police are sworn to uphold and protect the law, not Warren Wilhelm.
They’re peacefully expressing the fact that he his not doing his job of supporting the law, and that they want a change. Personally, I’d say that’s democracy.
Don’t forget, virtually nobody voted in the last election, and De Blasio was elected by about 12% (IIRC) of the voters of NYC. All of the Dem candidates were bad, and the GOP had two candidates, one okay and the other a vanity candidate, like Romney, who had the money to run and no appeal, but prevented the other candidate (a very unassuming guy who would probably have been a good mayor) from getting out there.
If the cops cant arrest and jail the radical leftist “demonstrators” who illegally block traffic, why cant they do the same for other similar crimes?
Supporters of the NYPD have pointed out throughout the back-turning that their officers feel upset at Mayor de Blasio and others, that they feel they are less safe because of the comments of politicians. This is one more example of one of the most irritating tendencies of unionized police forces today – a recurring demand that they receive the same attitude of respect for authority given to the United States military, without any of the responsibility and duty that comes with it. A poll last week found that a mere 15 percent of active duty service members approve of President Obama – understandable, considering his many policy decisions and a laundry list of questionable choices.But is the American military turning their backs on the Commander in Chief? Showing contempt for him? Going AWOL with the endorsement of their superiors? Shirking their duty? Booing and jeering at him at a graduation ceremony? No. They, after all, are not unionized.
As I have been saying....
“de Blasio...attempted to extend an oratorical olive branch”
The Mayor is just scrambling to save his political butt, but it may be too little, too late. At this point he can;
1. Continue the way he’s presently going, trying to say “yes” to both the NYPD and the marchers calling for more cop deaths,
2. Go full penance and ask the collective NYPD to forgive his inflammatory dialogue while completely repudiating the communist-inspired protestors (including making Al Sharpton permanently unwelcome at Gracie Mansion), or
3. Resign and let someone else try to make a new start with the police.
Whichever choice he makes, he’s probably a 1-term mayor , and don’t even talk about national aspirations...
“Considering how much New York, as with many of our other major cities, has leaned toward over-policing,...”
I’m guessing that the author has previously criticized the “broken-window theory” of crime reduction. Pro-criminal leftists (sorry, if I’m being redundant) have never credited Giuliani’s crime-reduction strategies (which were partly based on the broken-window theory) for the dramatic reduction in crime, during his tenure as Mayor of NYC. They always pointed to alternative explanations (however implausible).
Well, now we have the perfect test of those theories — call it a “social experiment”. This time, we’re testing what happens when you “under-police”, as opposed to “over-police”. If the leftists were correct about “broken-windows”, this police work-reduction program (call it the “dunk-more-donuts” theory of policing) will have no effect on NYC crime rates.
Maybe this city, like most cities, just needs to learn to operate on less revenue.
What does it take to wake a NYC resident UP?...
Nevermind, once awake... they could care less...
Mugged non officially (in the street) or mugged officially (by elections), to them same thing..
Give your milk money to the bully, go smoke a joint.. Chill and act like it didnt happen..
What a bunch of bull-Obama.
The police are demonstrating the full idiocy of liberalism, headed by an inept mayor who should properly be branded a traitor and shot, hung, burned, and sent through a plant shredder.
They merely cut off the socialists’s money machine.
Screw De Dorkio and may he forever rest in the depths of hel...er...Afghanistan.
The Mayor should go police the street and write citations.
It is a threat to democratically elected Communists, I admit. And a reminder that we live in a republic, where the whims of coerced- and paid-voters don't always equate to the the true laws of the land.