Free Republic

Jul 31 - A New York City police officer is fighting for his job and his pension after refusing an order to arrest a homeless man. Officer Eduardo Delacruz was a member of the Homeless Outreach Unit, when his superiors changed the unit's policy for dealing with homeless people. Under the new zero-tolerance policy, Delacruz said that he was told to ask people if they wanted to go to a shelter, and if the person refused and lacked "proper identification," he was to arrest them. But Delacruz said his sense of morality, dictated by his strong religious beliefs, compelled him...