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  • Rangel wants end to finger-pointing (“Policemen have to know that we love them”)

    12/23/2014 6:26:26 AM PST · by maggief · 26 replies
    The Hill ^ | December 23, 2014 | David McCabe
    Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that political mudslinging had “no place” after the murder of two New York police officers. “Pointing fingers has no place at all with civilized people,” he said. It’s the second day on a row that Rangel has urged people to stop criticizing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other politicians over the killings. In the hours after the murder, the head of the city's largest law enforcement union suggested that de Blasio had “blood” on his hands. Rangel also said that it was important that all New Yorkers communicate their respect for...