Third Candidate Enters PBA Leadership Race
Ronald Wilson, a 28-year veteran of the NYPD, announced his candidacy last Thursday at the Traffic Control Division in Midtown. He told the Daily News that Lynch's leadership team has 'lost touch' with the rank and file.* NYPD veteran to runagainst Patrick Lynch for PBA president, says union head has 'lost touch' (NYDN) Ronald Wilson, a 28-year veteran of the NYPD, announced his candidacy last Thursday at the Traffic Control Division in Midtown. He told the Daily News that Lynch's leadership team has 'lost touch' with the rank and file. *
NYC Public Advocate Tish James stood by her earlier claims that the grand jury system is “antiquated,” even after the indictment of NYPD Officer Peter Liang in the killing of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man from Brooklyn .* The NYPD Civilian Complaint Review Board is battling the city comptroller in court for the right to access transcripts of hearings involving police misconduct without a court order, the Daily News reports: * The de Blasio administration agreed to pay $3.24 million to settle a five-year-old lawsuit contending cops stopped and arrested people for trespassing on NYCHA property without probable cause, the Post reports: * Lawyers rake-in almost $3M in stop-and-frisk settlement(NYP) Legal services were provided by the Midtown firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, as well as the Legal Aid Society and the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund.* Post educates Harvard (NYP Ed) Plainly they’re reading The Post up at Harvard Law. Because just hours after this newspaper reported on plans by two Harvard Law student groups to honor a New York City lawyer whose office was involved in a video extolling cop-killing, the university backed down. Even so, two student groups — the Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Law and International Development Society — had planned to honor Steinberg as an “inspiration” to all would-be lawyers as part of their 2nd Annual International Women’s Day celebrations. But now they’ve canceled. A public statement issued Monday put it this way: “We did not intend for her nomination to suggest in any way that it is acceptable to harm police officers or incite others to do so.* After Public Acrimony, Quieter Steps by Mayor de Blasio and Police to Mend Rift (NYT) A secret meeting of Mayor Bill de Blasio with his outspoken critic Edward D. Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association helped achieve détente.* Columbia University
Back to the Dante Cop Story
Friday Update
* Former City Hall
Thursday Update
"number of pot-related murders held steady, at 7 (NYDN) — so they dont account for any of that recent rise in violence.” Over a dozen more officers want to join a class-action lawsuit against the NYPD for allegedly discriminating against black and Hispanic cops who fall short of arrest and ticket quotas in minority neighborhoods, the Post reports: * AM New York writes that the new stop-and-frisk directive NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton rolled out this week is necessary to repair the fractured relationship between blacks and police: *** NYPD to assign best cops to special patrols (NYP) * De Blasio defends ‘training’ Dante to behave around cops (NYP) Mayor de Blasio on Monday defended his controversial comments about how he “trained” his biracial son, Dante, to behave around police officers.“A young man of color today needs to have that conversation in his family,” the mayor told Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show,” explaining how fathers of young black men speak with their sons.“It’s something that everyone knows,” de Blasio added. “And it’s not a comment that’s disrespectful to the police. We deeply respect our police, we need our police to protect us.But it’s a comment that refers to our history and some things we still haven’t worked out. That’s the reality.” He went on, “There are so many families in this city who feel that each and every night. Is my child safe? And not just from . . . crime and violence . . . but are they safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors?” The comments fomented distrust between the mayor and cops — with many literally turning their backs on him after the murders of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. * Lawmakers push for better disability pensions for cops and firefighters (NYP)
With Snow Homicides/Shooting Up
Homicides & Shootings up so far this year in #NYC. Last yr as of 3/1/14, 45 homicides, this yr as of 3/1/15 - 54 homicides. shootings this yr up. Last yr as of 3/1/14 - 126 shootings. As of 3/1/15 - 151 shootings. * @andrewsiff4NY with report on increase in homicide but leaves out 18% spike in shootings city wide & 30% in poor neighborhoods. Why omission * NYPD Stats Show Homicides, Shootings Up This Year(NY1)* -- Praise for the mayor: Despite some dire predictions about de Blasio's reforms, Bratton said Mayor Bill de Blasio's tenure so far has been successful, pointing to all-time lows in a number of a major crime statistical categories last year. “That’s significant in the sense that many believed that with a change in administration from the Bloomberg era moving into the de Blasio era, Armageddon would befall us on January 1st,” Bratton said. “It did not, has not, and will not.”* New York City homicides climbed by 20 percent and shootings by nearly 25 percent in the first two months of 2015 – spikes NYPD Commissioner William Bratton partially blamed on dealers fighting over “marijuana, a seemingly innocent drug that is being legalized around the country.”* NYPD commissioner blames legal marijuana in Colorado for increase in New York shootings (Wash Post)
Daily News Cop Indictment Linked to Garner Case by Politics
Lupica: Officer Peter Liang's indictment in Akai Gurleyfatal shooting is for Eric Garner case too (NYDN) Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn DA, may say the two caseshave nothing to do with each other, but they are inevitably linked by politics.* Basis of Police Shooting Case: No Threat Led Officer to Fire (NYT) The indictment of Officer Peter Liang, who killed an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project, differs from other police shootings because he did not claim he was acting against a threat and therefore can’t claim he was using legitimate force.* Ending Secrecy on Police Misconduct (NYT Ed) It’s way past time to rescind a uniquely strict New York State New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson , Mo. New York , where a uniquely strict disclosure law has shielded from public view the records of individual officers, even those who have committed crimes. * Interesting NYPD accidental discharge stats, in light of theAkai Gurley case (Capital) * Bratton plan to felonize resisting arrest sparks alarm amongactivists (Villager)
Cop Indicted for Stairway Shooting
What Next for the Mayor and NYPD? Take back the NYPD: De Blasio needs anti-crime agenda(NYP Ed) Mayor de Blasio conspicuously didn’t allocate money for more cops in the budget he presented Monday — but clearly left the door open on that front. The mayor ought to seize his own opening — because pushing for more officers is his best option for re-establishing ownership over a department that others are trying to take away from him. It’s also his best bet for leading on public safety by directing the Police Department to deal with the gang problem before it’s out of control.*
Editorial: Akai Gurley, Peter Liang & the course ofjustice (NYDN Ed) The indictment of NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley allows the gears of justice to turn, and for a full public examination of the terrible November night when an innocent young man was cut down. NYPD Google App NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association boss Edward Mullins sent Google’s CEO a letter demanding the company disable a mobile app feature that allows users to share information about police locations in real time, theDaily News reports:
‘Nothing to Do With Ferguson, Eric Garner': CopIs Indicted in Akai Gurley Death (NYO) * Akai Gurley’s Family Rages Against Peter Liang, Demands Police Reform(NYO) * Last year, the Civilian Complaint Review Board substantiated six complaints by people who said NYPD officers had restrained them with a chokehold – a banned maneuver used by an officer in death of Eric Garner last July. The number, while small, is a notable increase. From 2009 to 2013, the board substantiated a total of nine chokehold complaints. Council Speaker More Tickets Less Lockup Council Speaker calls for more tickets, fewer lock ups for non-violent offenses(NYP)* NYPD cop who shot Akai Gurley in stairwell surrenders(NYP) * Cop Who Killed Akai Gurley Pleads Not Guilty toManslaughter Charge (NYO)* Officer accused of shooting #AkaiGurley in a darkened stairwell in November was arraigned today. WATCH THE LATEST:(NY1)
The Mayor's Vested Interests in the NYPD
How sad is it that NYC officials pat themselves on back for buying vests NYPD.
The Cuomo administration had to send help to a state agency commissioner who came under fire from a state Senate committee yesterday about the governor’s proposed criminal justice reforms, dispatching two senior aides to help answer questions. * Bratton said he opposes Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to impose an independent monitor when a grand jury fails to indict a cop who has killed an unarmed citizen, the Daily News reports: * Cop Unions Call forState to Bar City Regulations on Police (NYO)* Bratton: BulletproofGlass In NYPD Cars Not Practical (CBS)*Grand jury hearing evidence on accidental NYPD stairwell killing(NYP) * Cuomo defends police reforms against Bratton critique (Capital) * Cuomo disagreed with comments made by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who dismissed some of the governor’s proposed police reforms as unworkable.* Russell Simmons,police activists hit Bratton over grand jury position (NYDN) * A Staten Island judge heard arguments for the release of evidence, testimony and instructions presented to the grand jury that chose not to charge a cop in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, The New York Timesreports:
DEB pressured 2 lawyers from Bronx Defend office to resign 4 participating in anti cop video but has staffer who tweeted violence vs cops
de Blasio Says He Won Cop PR Battle By Keeping His Mouth Shut
De Blasio believes he won public relations battle with NYPD(NYDN)
The Press Gives the Mayor A Free Pass On Cleaning Up His Own Law Department
Lawyer up, Mayor deBlasio, to combat frivolous lawsuits against the NYPD (NYDN) A new vow to close the city's coffers to plaintiffs seeking easy cash must result in a downward curve of out-of-control payouts.
Challenge to Lynch UFT Leadership
Can Your Imagine the Media Access and Money Team de Blasio Will Give Lynch's Opponents
PBA dissidents out to challenge Pat Lynch for control of union (NYP) Brooklyn on Tuesday, according to the sources. The announcement will come amid tension in the department over Lynch’s crusade against Mayor de Blasio following the murders of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in December.* Commish Bill Bratton: Rhetoric and tension reached new heights after madman killed two NYPD officers(NYDN) * Female NYPD cop attacked while heading to work in Harlem — suspected attacker nabbed(NYDN) * In a season of protest — of cops and by cops — the mayor and his commissioner move New York forward(NYDN)* Taxi kingpin brokers ceasefire between City Hall, NYPD sergeants union head (NYDN) Evgeny (Gene) Freidman hosted the mayor and NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins at his ritzy Upper East Side home on Jan. 10, less than a month after the labor leader branded Hizzoner a 'total nincompoop,' sources told the Daily News.
Here Comes the Mud in the PBA Elections
PBA president contender faced gender-discrimination suit(NYP) PBA presidential candidate Brian Fusco, who has two running mates under criminal indictment, was a defendant in a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit that was settled in 2009, The Post has learned. Officer Cathy Caban filed the $15 million suit against the city, the NYPD, ex-Commissioner Ray Kelly, Fusco and three other cops in Brooklyn’s 72nd Precinct in August 2008, claiming her civil rights were violated because she’s a woman. The suit was settled by the city for an undisclosed amount in November 2009, court records show.Police union presidential candidate Brian Fusco has two running mates under criminal indictment and was a defendant in a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit settled in 2009
The Strengthen the Shield Slate Against Lynch
NYPD vet to challenge Pat Lynch for PBA president (NYP) PBA trustee Brian Fusco will challenge Pat Lynch this spring in a bid for PBA president, a group of union insurgents announced Tuesday. The 27-year NYPD veteran is one of several police officers, who call themselves the Strengthen the Shield slate, seeking to supplant Lynch and the rest of his leadership team for control of the police union. “It’s time we take over control and get the members the representation they deserve,” Fusco told The Post on Tuesday, adding that Lynch and his cohorts are “failing” them. He charged Lynch with delivering fiery speeches, only to disappear after the microphone’s turned off. Lynch has been a vocal critic of Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing Hizzoner of not supporting cops in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision. The strains within the union date back to when some cops believe Lynch did not have their backs during a Bronx ticket-fixing scandal that came to light in 2011. The slate of candidates includes Joe Anthony and Mike Hernandez, union trustees in The Bronx who are currently under indictment in the scandal, sources said. Other candidates include financial sectary John Giangrosso, of Brooklyn North, and trustee Brian Fusco, of Brooklyn South.* Black and Latinoofficers have their own concerns about the mayor and are feeling left out ofthe conversation. (WNYC) * PBA Boss Patrick LynchFaces Challenge From Brooklyn Cop (NYO) * BA President PatrickLynch faces leadership challenge from unhappy cops (NYDN) Brian Fusco, a trustee of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, plans to run for president of the union with a slate of candidates calling itself ‘Strengthen the Shield.’ Lynch, who has led the group for 16 years, is ‘not listening to the membership,’ Fusco said, and his leadership has been scrutinized in recent weeks due to a slowdown in summonses issued and his repeated speaking out against Mayor de Blasio. * Challengers Look ToUnseat Patrick Lynch As NYPD Union Head (CBS)***PEF President Susan Lent was heckled by her own members at the People’s State of the State.* Police union challenger runs against contract, away fromrhetoric(Capital) * President of New York Police Union Will Face Election Challenge(NYT) Patrick J. Lynch, who has openly clashed with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent weeks, is facing rare opposition to his leadership from within his own union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. * campaign web site for guy challenging police union leaderPat Lynch, registered 11/28/14. context: #NYPD #labor * A LIVING HEIL: Former NYPD officer called 'dirty Jew' in anti-Semitic attack by fellow cops at WTC post files lawsuit after being forced to quit(NYDN) * PBA President Patrick Lynch faces leadership challenge from unhappy cops who say he’s not listening (NYDN) * Outraged and IndictedOfficers Declare War on Patrick Lynch (NYO)
Scripted Government With Media Enablers
On the Same Day the Mayor's Media Bullies Work Over Lynch de Blasio Appeals Over His Head Directly to His Men
A Campaign Manager Mayor
De Blasio reveling in union dissent directed toward Lynch(NYP)
De Blasio also took a clear shot at Lynch’s heated rhetoric, which has included accusing the mayor of throwing cops “under the bus” and having “blood on the hands” in the Dec. 20 assassination of two cops in Brooklyn . “I think I’ve separated, a long time ago, some of the specific things some of the union leaders have said from what is felt by the rank and file. This wouldn’t be the first case where that is true,” de Blasio said. Lynch has insisted the mayor apologize for a lack of support in the aftermath of the Eric Garner grand-jury decision. While de Blasio also insisted that he did not owe anyone an apology Wednesday, he did denounce planned Thursday demonstrations by virulent anti-cop protesters who, he said “say really inappropriate, reprehensible things about our police officers.* Mayor Bill de Blasio said he could improve his communications on law enforcement matters, a remark that came a day after Cuomo met with police union officials, The Wall Street Journal reports: * De Blasio appeared to take delight in the labor discord that could topple a major nemesis, longtime NYPD union chief Patrick Lynch, theNew York Post writes: * De Blasio also said NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has a right to speak his mind, even when he’s linking police-City Hall tension to Chirlane McCray's former aide Rachel Noerdlinger, the Daily News writes: * De Blasio's sorry performance heats up his war with theNYPD (NYDN) Mayor de Blasio has gone to war with the NYPD, risking consequences that could be disastrous for New York . Mistaking stubbornness for strength, the mayor ruled out expressing any regret for the words and deeds that have cost him command of the police force.
Mayor's 180 on Protests Blame His unsolicited slam of the protest groups was a departure from the tone he’s taken in the past, when he’s bristled at being asked about inflammatory chants and blamed the media for bringing them up. It followed another nod to cop concerns—his pledge Tuesday to veto a bill to make chokeholds a crime, which he reiterated Wednesday.” News editorial page: “Now, by refusing to acknowledge even the possibility that the cops have valid complaints, by ruling out even the chance that he gave unwarranted offense to individual officers, the mayor confirmed for the rank-and-file that his attempts to praise his way into the good graces of the Finest are hollow.* * The New York City Council proposed spending $7.3 million on new bulletproof vests for cops, which would fund 10,000 vests at $600 each during the fiscal year that starts in June, the Daily News reports: *"de Blasio’s efforts to end a bitter rift with parts of the police force could be complicated by his liberal allies”(WSJ) * De Blasio’s next lesson: He still hasn’t learned last year’s(NYP) * 'It sounds like a temper tantrum': Rank and file rip PBA boss Lynch for recent tirade, accuse him of neglecting safety of officers(NYDN)* At New York City Police Meetings, Officers Offer Varying Opinions on Slowdown, Police Unions(WSJ)* Bratton defends broken windows policing: "Quality-of-lifeenforcement is what saved this city back in the ’90s."(Brooklyn Paper)* Everyday New Yorkers and NYPD officers both fear violence and demand respect, and both sides—cops and their allies on the one hand, and protesters and City Hall on the other—will have to acknowledge their biases before New York City can move forward, writes Richard Aborn in AM New York: * NYPD to host benefit for families of slain officers(NYP)
Anti-NYPD Lack of Common Sense Rules
de Blasio and DOI Slam Anti-Cop Video
Daily New NYC Needs "Mature Leaderhip"
If he simply misspoke in the heat of the moment, he must similarly set the record straight.Unyielding mayoral spine must give way to mature leadership. De Blasio will emerge a stronger chief executive for it. Across the divide, Lynch and Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins must recognize that their wildly heated rhetoric and not-so-veiled calls for a slowdown are imperiling New Yorkers and their members. They have taken the public hostage and need to release it with statements that their members will rise above disputes with the mayor — and no one should think that they have done otherwise. Bratton must play the trucemaker, particularly by helping de Blasio understand the long-term benefits of a mayoral acknowledgment of ill-chosen words.*After two more police officers were shot, the feud continuesbetween City Hall and the NYPD(Atlantic)
Daily News 180 Blamed the Cops On Monday
Last Week de Blasio Says Peace With Cops, His Staff Pushes the War
Daily News de Blasio must call an end to this insulting lunacy by announcing that he would veto any such measure
May I Search You De Blasio's duty to veto NYPD handcuffs (NYDN Ed) Asking permission is no way to police. A bill requiring permission from suspects for police searches failed the laugh test when Councilmen Antonio Reynoso and Ritchie Torres offered it in November. The bill provides powerful evidence that the Council is filled with members who believe the NYPD cannot be trusted to constitutionally carry out its duties. That’s what they are saying by proposing to force cops to get documentary proof from suspects that they have consented to be searched. Searchees would even get receipts. Call it the “mother, may I?” school of policing. Mayor de Blasio must call an end to this insulting lunacy by announcing that he would veto any such measure. Doing so while also canning a bill criminalizing chokeholds would dampen City Hall’s anti-police fanaticism.
WSJ: de Blasio Positive Vision Includes Bashing Cops
Mayor de Blasiocalled for a "positive" vision and then moments later lashed out atofficers who turned backs on him. (WSJ) Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said thousands of New York Police Department members disrespected the city and the families of two fallen officers when they turned their backs to him during his eulogies, a direct rebuke that further roiled tensions with the police force.
NYT: de Blasio Blasts Police Union
A Feistier de Blasio Resurfaces, Uncowed and Speaking Out on Police Unions(NYT) After a fortnight of cautious, sometimes halting remarks, Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted the language of police unions and those who turned their backs on him at two officers’ funerals.* Drop in New York Police Arrests Continues for a Second Week(NYT) The slowdown built on a drastic drop in activity that began shortly after the murder of two uniformed patrol officers in Brooklyn on Dec. 20.
NYT describes Mayor de Blasio's two-week avoidance of media "a virtually unheard-of gap for a modern mayoralty."
de Blasio, Lynch Weekend Of Plot Twists
PBA's Lynch Says Never Wanted A Simple Apology, de Blasio to Attend Sharpton MLK Event
Daily News Lynch Back Off Need for Apology
NYP Unapologetic Lynch
EXCLUSIVE: PatrickLynch backs off need for apology from Bill de Blasio in union memo(NYDN)
NYP Unapologetic Lynch
EXCLUSIVE: PatrickLynch backs off need for apology from Bill de Blasio in union memo(NYDN)
Lynch, president of the 23,000-member Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, issued an internal memo Friday that was obtained by the Daily News. 'Despite statements to the contrary, our demands have never been for a simple apology,' he wrote.\
Crime is down in DEB NY unless u live in a poor community where shootings were up in double digits last year & 19% so far this year
Black leaders call for criminal justice reform to honor Martin Luther King Jr. after police shootings(NYDN) * ‘DETECTIVE LIU AND DETECTIVE RAMOS ARE MARTYRS’: NYPD cops flock to Mass in Brooklyn for slain officers (NYDN)* After Police Slowdown, Arrests and Summonses Continue toRise in New York (NYT) *SLOWDOWN IS OFFICIALLY OVER: Number of NYPD summonses triples, arrests double in just one week after cops, unions meet(NYDN) * Hamill: 84th Precinct struggles to get ‘back to life’ after deaths of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos, Wenjian Liu(NYDN) *'After decades of marching, we don't have justice': Protesters in Harlem chant to root out 'racist cops' during MLK demonstration(NYDN)* New York City has agreed to pay a Brooklyn man $75,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming he was choked and unable to breathe during a 2013 encounter with police, theAssociated Press reports: State of Union In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama noted protests over the death of a black Staten Island man placed in a chokehold by a white police officer and called for criminal justice reforms, the Daily News reports
Rev. Al Sharpton and Garner family hold vigil on Staten Island (SI Advance)* Rev. Al Sharpton, Eric Garner family members lay wreaths for fallen officers in Brooklyn(SI Advance)* De Blasio and Sharpton hug and praise each other at MLK event(NYP)* The daughter of Eric Garner said her father’s Staten Island memorial was burned to the ground by vandals on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but police said a candle accidentally started the fire,the Post writes: * Policing issues dominate Sharpton event (Capital)* Eric Garner memorial burned by accidental fire (NYDN)* A New York City Council committee recommending naming of two Brooklyn streets after slain police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, the DailyNews reports: * FBI agents to take'fresh look' at chokehold death of Eric Garner.(CNN)
Daily News Keeps Trying to Repair Sharpton
Cops Call It A Media Grab
Sharpton will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day by placing a garland on the Brooklyn street site where two NYPD officers were executed, but the floral gesture drew fire from a police union head, who called the move an insincere “media grab,” the DailyNews writes: * MEDIA GRAB': Police brass unhappy about Al Sharpton's plan to draw attention to MLK Day when visiting falled NYPD officers(NYDN)
He also said the NYPD's relationship with City Hall has improved. New York City remained at a lower level last week than in past years, but continued its rise since enforcement came to a near standstill after the murder of two officers led to a citywide slowdown, The New York Timesreports: Brooklyn DA's Gruley Case Kimberly Ballinger, the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, said she has faith in Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson's investigation into the police shooting that killed Gurley on Nov. 20, the Daily News reports:
Stasi: Rev. Al Sharpton wants to march on the Oscars, but snubbing Angelina Jolie shows nominations aren't matter of color (NYDN) * The protests in Ferguson and New York City and elsewhere will eventually dissipate, so to make real and lasting change protestors must show up and be heard in community meetings and be counted on Election Day, poet Crystal Valentine writes in the Daily News: * guy claiming credit 4 anti-@BilldeBlasio airplanebanner requested anonymity, for privacy reasons * Who’s Showing Up for Sharpton?(YNN)* Akai Gurley’sdomestic partner to meet with Brooklyn DA ahead of grand jury presentation:(NYDN)* Sergeants Benevolent Association President Edward Mullins said giving holiday presents and running sports clinics and leagues would help bridge the NYPD’s rift with communities of color, the Observer writes:
6 Hours After de Blasio Scolded Cops at Press Conference 2 More Cops Shot
Cop wounded in shootout not happy about de Blasio’s visit(NYP)Bronx shootout didn’t appreciate a hospital sympathy visit from Mayor de Blasio, the wounded officer’s dad told The Post on Tuesday. The mayor accompanied NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton to St. Barnabas Hospital overnight to see wounded plainclothes officers Andrew Dossi, 30, and Aliro Pellarano, Dossi’s father, Joseph Dossi, holds up photos of his son outside his home in Stony Point , NY Iraq .* After a robbery resulting in the non-fatal shooting of two cops in the Bronx Monday night, fear took hold in the police department as commanders frantically sought to learn if, for the second time in recent weeks, officers had been targeted simply for wearing the badge, The Times reports:
Mayor Union Sit Down Tuesday
Breaking Mayor Bill de Blasio will meet with all five police unions tomorrow
Bill de Blasio looks to resolve conflict with NYPD in meeting with policeunion leaders (NYDN) The mayor will have a private meeting Tuesday with four union bosses and Patrolman’s Benevolent Association honcho Patrick Lynch, his harshest critic. De Blasio reached out to the union heads during the weekend to arrange a gathering, which will be separate from the negotiations to settle labor contracts. On Monday, the mayor was booed when he spoke at a police academy graduation.* Mayor Bill de Blasio is holding a summit with the heads of the police unions Tuesday to end the cold war between City Hall and the New York City Police union leaders, the Daily News writes: * To help heal relations with the police, de Blasio must bring his conception of the NYPD’s role in the city closer to reality and reexamine his perceptions about policing and race so as to avoid overly broad damning statements like he has previously made, the Daily News writes: * Charles Barron explains why he believes Bill Bratton shouldbe fired and broken windows policing abandoned: * Editorial: Heal therift (NYDN Ed) No mayor could be more full-throated in expressing praise for the NYPD than Bill de Blasio was at the swearing-in Monday of 884 rookie cops. “You serve in the greatest and finest police department on this Earth,” he told the newest members of the Finest. * Bill de Blasio’s contract battle with police union has intensified their sour relationship(NYDN) * NYC Mayor, Booed at Police Graduation, to Meet Union Officials(WSJ)
Mayor Plays Good Cop As NYT and Daily News Plays Bad Cop
Inside Mayor's Good Cop With Bad Cop Council
de Blasio Promises Veto Of Chokehold Bill From Council He Controls
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for the first time said that he would block the City Council from enacting a law making it a crime for cops to use chokeholds, the Postreports:
Thursday NYT Does the PBA Coup d'etat Story
Thursday NYT Does the PBA Coup d'etat Story
President of New York City Police Union Faces Internal Opposition(NYT) Amid a rift among officers and Mayor Bill de Blasio, Patrick J. Lynch is beating back dissent within his Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association as he seeks a fifth term as president.
Daily News PBA Coup d'etat?
Dissidents in the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association are preparing a campaign to unseat Lynch in the union’s June election—the first such challenge to his leadership since 2003, the Daily News’ Juan Gonzalez reports: * Shouting and shoving erupted among cops at a Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association meeting on Tuesday, with some members yelling at President Pat Lynch over his insistence that de Blasio give cops an apology, the Daily News reports:
The police slowdown only cost New York City $1.5 million in lost parking ticket revenue, a fraction of the $75 billion budget, according to the latest available revenue estimates, the Daily Newsreports: * De Blasio made a good call in saying that he would veto City Council legislation that would illegalize the use of chokeholds by cops, thereby avoiding the rush-to-judgment fervor generated by the death of Eric Garner, the Daily News writes: * Gonzalez: PBA's Pat Lynch should be ousted in June elections(NYDN)
New York to lead on criminal justice reform and reiterated that he is considering a range of measures, including reforming grand juries as well as new protections for law enforcement, State of Politics reports: ** The governor said that while he wants to resolve the criminal justice issues facing the city and the state, he does not want to mediate the dispute between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police unions, the Daily News reports * Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch has a genial manner one-on-one that is hard to reconcile with his abrasive public persona, the Observer writes: * Gov. Andrew Cuomo met today with PBA President Patrick Lynch and a group of New York City police union officials amid a tense period in relations between the NYPD and City Hall.* @NYGovCuomo weighing cost of secrecy in grand juries following backlash against decision inthe Eric Garner case. (NY1) * De Blasio: I Won’t Apologize To Police For My ‘Fundamental Beliefs’(WCBS) But Mayor Says He Wants To Address Issues, Ensure Cops Are Safe * Cuomo considers opening up secret grand jury proceedings(NYP) * Cops in ticket-fix scandal blast Lynch for lack of support(NYP) * Cops in squad car terrorized by thug who pointed ‘object’ at them(NYP)
After Bratton Meeting With the Police Unions No Resolution of Dispute
Bratton, NYPD unionbosses fail to resolve differences with City Hall during meeting without Billde Blasio (NYDN) No resolution was produced during a two-hour meeting Wednesday with police Commissioner Bill Bratton and the leaders of the city’s five police unions. Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, blasted the mayor again. ‘We don’t believe there’s a willingness on the part of City Hall to solve these problems,’ Lynch said. The mayor, meanwhile, was at a school event.
"We wish there was a leader in City Hall." Pat Lynch says City Hall is unwilling to address the concerns of officers.(WNYC)
We agree with him. Which is why we believe the city should revisit its decision to dismantle the NYPD’s “Muslim Mapping” intelligence program. The program was designed to provide exactly the kind of intelligence that would have been useful to police in Paris once they identified their three suspects in Wednesday’s terror attack. Namely, where they might go to find shelter or assistance.* The NYPD's dynamicduo (NYDN Ed) Officer Aliro Pellerano is released from the hospital to deserved applause * NY Senate leader Skelos scolds de Blasio over cops(NYDN) * Two Suspects Arraigned in Police Shooting(WSJ) Two Bronx men were arraigned Wednesday night on felony charges in connection with a shootout Monday night that left two New York Police Department officers wounded.* The NYPD is takingextra precaution after #CharlieHebdo shooting (AMNY)* The pace in the city's *arraignment* courts (mere five inentire city) has gotten expectedly slow:(NYT)
.jpg)
Bratton Arrest, Ticket Slowdown No Concern, Move Along
Mr. Bratton said on Monday that a “weeklong period of mourning” and demonstrations that were straining resources were contributing to the drop-off in arrests and summonses. But he said the slowdown should not concern New Yorkers. “I would point out it has not had an impact on the city’s safety at all,” Mr. Bratton said. The two precincts most directly affected by the deaths — the 79th, where Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were gunned down as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street; and the 84th, where they were usually assigned — saw a single criminal summons in the week that ended Sunday, according to Police Department statistics. Officers in those precincts wrote no parking or traffic tickets. By contrast, the combined tally of criminal summonses alone during the same week last year reached 130, the department statistics showed.
Shootings 2014 up 6% city wide, 15% in public housing, 38% in last 4 weeks compared with last year.
Mayor's Staff Monday Attack PBA the NYT and Daily News Attacks
Was the NYT Working With the Mayor Attacking the PBA Wednesday, Misleading the Public?
De Blasio’s cop-out (NYP)So it’s come to this: On the weekend New York City buries another of its Finest, Detective Wenjian Liu, the focus is on the mayor — and whether police officers will again turn their backs on him. NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton calls the gesture “inappropriate.” Peter King, the Republican congressman from Long Island , doesn’t like it either, but because it is “creating sympathy” for the mayor. Even before the back-turnings, Cardinal Timothy Dolan was saying it’s “unfair and counterproductive to dismiss our mayor and other leaders as enemies of the police.” Let’s stipulate up front that the man responsible for the murders of Officers Liu and Rafael Ramos is not the mayor but the nut who pulled the trigger. Let’s stipulate too that the mayor does not have blood on his hands. Let’s do so, however, while acknowledging that the murders have illuminated the squalid assumptions behind so much of Bill de Blasio’s rhetoric about police. Long before Officers Liu and Ramos were gunned down on that Brooklyn street corner, de Blasio had run his campaign for mayor based on calumny: that the NYPD is a racist police force. This was what de Blasio meant when he campaigned against “an abusive stop-and-frisk policy that targeted communities of color.” In other words, we weren’t talking about a few bad apples. We were talking about an entire force out to get people of color.*
Mayor's Staff Monday Attack PBA the NYT and Daily News Attacks
Was the NYT Working With the Mayor Attacking the PBA Wednesday, Misleading the Public?
NYT Bashes Cops 2 Days in A Row, Wow
In light of a New York Post report that found police officers are essentially abandoning enforcement of low-level offenses, officers deserve a department they can be proud of, not the insular, defiant, toxically politicized constituency that police union leader Pat Lynch seems to want to lead, the Times writes:
* Is the protest planned Friday also being organized by de Blasio's staff? Story was broken by the mayor's official leaker the Daily News
Mayor's Staff: Tora Tora Tora PBA
Why would Democratic politicians need coaxing by de Blasio Flack to support the families of NYPD officers?
UPDATE: Mayor Bill de Blasio's press secretary Phil Walzak emailed a response to DNAinfo after this story was published. Walzak confirmed that de Blasio aides cold called city Democrats but insisted they "did not ask elected officials to 'attack' anyone," and only requested the politicians "support the families" of the slain NYPD officers. Asked about Walzak's claim, one of the lawmakers who received a call said it was "preposterous" and "not reality."
Bratton Blames the Protesters for Policemen's Death
Bratton blames anti-cop protests for policemen deaths(NYP) Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Monday blamed recent anti-NYPD protests for the execution-style shootings of two cops in Brooklyn . “It’s quite apparent, quite obvious that the targeting of these two police officers was a direct spinoff of this issue of these demonstrations,” Bratton told NBC’s “Today” show.* Bratton also admitted Mayor de Blasio didn’t have the “trust and confidence” of the entire NYPD, saying: “I think he has lost it with some officers.”* However unlikely, de Blasio and PBA President Patrick Lynch should backtrack publicly from incendiary comments made about the police in order to improve a climate they both contributed to, Len Levitt writes in am New York: * Blue Lives Matter (The Atlantic) * Andrew Cuomo Says NYPD Protest Dialogue ‘Out ofControl’(NYO)
Cops Turn Their Backs to Minor Crime Also
Chasing Radio Calls And Not Much Else
Wary cops letting minor offenses slide(NYP)
William Bratton, in his remarks at funeral and again this morning, urges New Yorkers to "see" each other
.jpg)
William Bratton, in his remarks at funeral and again this morning, urges New Yorkers to "see" each other
Bratton says sitting with Sharpton was ‘a bad idea’(NYP)
Audible boos & scattered jeers as De Blasio took lectern at NYPD ceremony. Crowd now silent as he speaks. Mayor @BilldeBlasio gets booed as he takes the lectern at NYPD graduation ceremony. De Blasio thanks the graduates for "choosing a noble calling." "You are here for people in need 24 hours a day... That is a heroic choice."* Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire Boos appear to come from crowd (made up of family/friends) not cadets. Some heckling. @BilldeBlasio speaking fast, perhaps to drown out boos * Danielle Tcholakian @danielleiat Whoa. Boos and jeers from the audience when Mayor de Blasio starts speaking.* Michael Howard Saul @MichaelHwrdSaul Mayor Bill de Blasio: "The best has yet to come." Mostly polite, tepid applause as he finishes. Bratton gets stronger reception.Facing forward: some loud boos from crowd, new cops listen quietly to @BilldeBlasio who praises them #NBC4NY * Andrew Siff @andrewsiff4NY Mayor @BilldeBlasio talks of "problems you didn't create." Someone in crowd yells to him: "you did." #NBC4NY * Bill de Blasio Draws Boos at NYPD GraduationCeremony (NYO) * NYers don’t want to spend NYE with Clinton, Cuomo or de Blasio(NYO) * De Blasio facesbooing, NYPD disdain again as he addresses recruits at police graduationceremony (NYDN) Two days after hundreds of officers turned their backs on him as he spoke at the funeral of slain cop Rafael Ramos, the Mayor addressed a new group of cops at a Madison Square Garden ceremony. The recruits listened respectfully but de Blasio endured some heckling. * NYPD 'BOO': Mayor de Blasio braves cop disdain again as he addresses recruits at police graduation ceremony (NYDN) * ‘Traitor’ de Blasio booed at Police Academy graduation (NYP) * New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio received some boos and heckles at a police graduation ceremony, the latest evidence of a growing rift between the mayor and the NYPD’s rank and file, the Associated Press reports: * Although he faces extreme criticism from police union leaders and within the NYPD, de Blasio received a warm welcome at a swearing in of rookie New York City firefighters on Randall’s Island , the Daily News reports: * It was progress for both the mayor and the NYPD when no uniformed police officers turned their backs on de Blasio at a graduation ceremony for police cadets, New Yorkmagazine’s Chris Smith writes: * Bill de Blasio andBill Bratton now have the most critical relationship in New York:(NYT)
de Blasio Takes No Blame for the Racial Divide
NYPD Confidential’s Leonard Levitt writes that de Blasio has only himself to blame for rude treatment by police, and what's worse, the mayor so far refuses to take any responsibility for the city’s deepening,largely racial divide:
A Police Crisis
Bratton On Meet the Press: Cops Turning Back on Mayor and Sharpton Meeting Mistake
Unsought Peace Maker
Monday Update
Bratton’s Unsought Role: Peacemaker Between His Officers and His Boss(NYT) * Moves Begun to Mend New York
Friday
De Blasio, police union head keep distance at Cuomo inaugural(NYP)*
Zhao Ru, a famed Chinese calligrapher and Bensonhurst resident, created two scrolls, one for the wake and one for the funeral of Detective Wenjian Liu. *No Turned Backs at Officer Liu’s Funeral, Bratton Asks(NYT) Police Commissioner William J. Bratton urged New York City officers not to demonstrate antagonism Mayor Bill de Blasio appears at the service for an officer who was killed on duty.
De Blasio aides urged allies to attack police unions over tactics (NYP)
de Blaio: Leading By Dividing
.jpg)
‘No resolve’ from mayor’s sitdown with NYPD unions(NYP) * De Blasio meets NYPD union heads to address tensions(NYP) * A two-hour meeting between Mayor Bill de Blasio and police union leaders amounted to a private airing of grievances between union officials who have long been skeptical of the mayor and an administration that has lately been upended by the shooting deaths of two police officers, The NewYork Times reports: * City Hall Pushed Polsto Attack PBA as Mayor Coaxed Unions To Meet: Sources (DNA) As late as Monday afternoon — the same time de Blasio was speaking with police union leaders to set up Tuesday's détente to possibly mend their fractured relationship —the mayor’s government affairs honchos were privately cold-calling the city’s Democratic delegation of city and state elected officials, asking them to publicly criticize Lynch and those officers who dissed the mayor.On Sunday, de Blasio telephoned the police union leaders to broker Tuesday's summit. The leaders were skeptical of what they feared were political motives behind the meeting, but said they would attend, but only if all five agreed to be there, sources said.
NYPD captains advised to make quiet protest instead of turning backs on de Blasio during fallen cop funeral(NYDN) * Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he will introduce legislation with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to rename streets in Brooklyn after slain NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, the Observer reports: * New York City police detectives have pieced together the more than two-mile path Ismaaiyl Brinsley took between arriving in the city and his assassination of NYPD officers Ramos and Liu, the Daily Beastreports: * FBI Director James Comey to attend funeral for slain NYPD officer Wenjian Liu on Sunday, WhiteHouse says Mom of slain NYPD cop comforts Brooklyn borough chief(NYP)* Hugh Hewitt Confronts BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith Over ‘DeadCops Chant a Myth’ Story
The mayor announced he will introduce legislation with NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to name streets in Brooklyn after two NYPD officers who were recently murdered, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.* Arrest Statistics Decline Sharply; Police Unions Deny an Organized Slowdown(NYT) * Murders Fall in New York City, but Officers Aren’t Celebrating(NYT) * Cops ditchmayor, leave us in the lurch (NYDN) Police officers feel threatened and unappreciated, so they stop doing police work. Not good NYC PBA's Lynch says 'actions speak louder than words' aboutmeeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio. MORE:(ABC) * BLAZ, NYPD SUMMIT 'A BUST': Police union bigs say their two-hour sitdown with de Blasio was lot of talk, but little action(NYDN) * Summons activity grinds to halt in Brooklyn precincts of murdered officers(NYDN) * The family of slain NYPD officer Wenjian Liu told theDaily News how at a young age their only child would help complete strangers and how he wanted to be a police officer since he was a teenager:* 'My son is a very good boy': Slain NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu's father gives emotional remembrance of his only child, sharing cherished memories: EXCLUSIVE * Jeb Bush, wife donate $10G to slain NYPD cops' mortgage fund(NYDN)* Cuomo’s Second Inaugural Address Is Expected to Strike National Tone(NYT) Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will depart from traditional practice and forgo a ceremony in Albany , instead holding a pair of events in Manhattan and Buffalo .* Cuomo began second term in NYC instead of Albany plans(NYDN) * Cops in revolt: Gov. Cuomo to the rescue?(NYP Ed) * Cuomo’s second chance(NYP Ed) * CBS 6 Albany - WRGB @CBS6Albany Ed is ready for Gov. Cuomo's second term. Check out @CBS6EdOBrien on Ed's Head: * Cuomo's oath of office, Dec. 31, 2014 * NY Gov. Cuomo Corruption Alert Thruway Exec Dir and CFO have resigned * Cuomo set for NYC, Buffaloinaugurations (Lohud) * In today's inaugural address, Gov. Cuomo is expected totouch on national themes. (NYT) .@NYGovCuomo's inauguration at One World Trade Center
Arrests Ticketing Rebellion Eases Without Solution, As Mayor's Spin Doctors Declear Fix
Thursday
New York City police officers have increased their activity on the streets after a two-week downturn in summonses and low-level arrests across the city, The New York Times reports:* Report finds NYPD cops' use of banned chokeholds 'alarming'(NYDN) * Meet the Pro-CopProfiteer Making a Killing (Daily Beast) * The NYPD will get tougher on chokeholds, but Bratton saysthat getting rid of them might be dangerous: (NY Mag)*Police Commissioner: NYPD Slowdown Did Not Impact New York Negative Way
The NYPD IsOfficially Busting People Again (NY Mag) Police activity onthe streets of New York Cityhas increased, but not up to last year's levels:(NYT) * Arrests and Summonses Rise in New York City, but Fall Short of Pre-Slowdown Levels(NYT) After largely ignoring many minor offenses for two weeks, the Police Department’s rank and file began to reverse a severe slowdown that began after two officers were killed * Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for the first time said that he would block the City Council from enacting a law making it a crime for cops to use chokeholds, the Postreports:
UNITED IN BLEU: Nine NYPD cops attend funeral for French police officers killed by Islamic fanatics in Paris terror attacks(NYDN)* Despite Scrutiny, Police Chokeholds Persist in New York City (NYT) Since a police chokehold contributed to a Staten Island man’s death in July, the tactic and its 20-year-old prohibition in New York City have come under intense review. Cuomo Peacemaker Cuomo is considering taking steps to serve as a peacemaker in the conflict between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s police officers, which could further weaken the mayor, The Wall StreetJournal reports:
Kelly de Blasio Should Apologize * Former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly called on de Blasio to apologize for creating a tense environment between City Hall and police officers, saying it is the best way to get beyond the rift, the Post reports: * New York City ’s police commissioner should not brush off findings from the Civilian Complaint Review Board without explanation, as a recent inspector general report suggested Ray Kelly did when he was commissioner, The Times writes: * No choke about it(NYP Ed) * BACK ON THE BEAT: Arrests and summonses begin to soar as NYPD slowdown appears to finally be coming to an end — SEE THE INTERACTIVE MAP (NYDN)* Pat Lynch says chokehold report displays 'anti-police bias'(NYDN) Sharpton Cut Out? One controversialvoice has been conspicuously cut out of de Blasio's inner circle:Sharpton." reports Jon Lemire(AP) * City Council speaker pressures 5 members to back away from cop disability bill(NYP) * Rudy Giuliani heaped praise on Bill Bratton, the current and former NYPD police commissioner who the ex-mayor hired and then pushed out of the job in the ’90s.
"The bad blood between some NYPD cops and Mayor de Blasio became an air war today" Opposition to de Blasio reaches new heights(NYP) Hudsonb(NYDN) Ashley Chalmers, head of Jersey Shore Aerial Advertising, told the Daily News the people who paid for the airborne message 'want to remain anonymous.'* Cops who hiredbanner plane thought de Blasio plea to delay protests 'disingenuous' (NYDN)* Backlash Against DeBlasio In Wake Of NYPD Officers’ Deaths Takes To Skies (WCBS) Plane Pulling Anti-De Blasio Banner Seen Flying Over Hudson River* Mysterious NYPDmembers fly banner denouncing de Blasio over NYC — (Newsweek) * Backlash Against DeBlasio In Wake Of NYPD Officers’ Deaths Takes To Skies (WABC) Plane Pulling Anti-De Blasio Banner Seen Flying Over Hudson River* Former cop explains anti-De Blasio banner flying down the Hudson(WPIX)
It is About Someone Staying Missing
Arrests Ticketing Rebellion Eases Without Solution, As Mayor's Spin Doctors Declear Fix
Police Slowdown Cost New York City an Estimated $5 Million in Lost Fines(NYT) Unwritten parking tickets over the last three weeks, when parking tickets dropped as much as 90 percent, accounted for about $3 million of the lost revenue.
"There're lots of conversations behind the scenes, i'm confident we're making progress towards reconcilliation." -@Commiss Bratton on @JoeNBC
Bratton on the media and the NYPD’s feud with de Blasio(Capital) *
Cops Anger At de Blasio Boils Over Reaches, New Heights
Flying over the Hudson River , courtesy a group of retired police concerned about #NYPDShooting
DeBlasio drops in on wake at the last minute
The mayor spent Christmas Day and most of Friday in Connecticut with relatives. His public schedule stating he would come to the viewing wasn’t published until 9 p.m., a couple of minutes before he arrived at the Queens church
It is About Someone Staying Missing
Cop supporters lash out at Sharpton for ‘anti-police hate’(NYP) de Blasio Chokehold Promise Mayor de Blasio will veto proposed chokehold ban if City Council passes it (NYT) Mayor has said he had concerns about legislation, which would make chokehold tactic illegal NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said progress is being made in healing the rift between NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and officers, even as the head of a police union said he had mostly “given up” on dealing with the mayor. * Attendees at a pro-NYPD rally accused de Blasio and the police reform movement of denigrating cops and sewing discord in the city. * Shouting and shoving erupted among cops at a tense Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association meeting in Queens today. * In a major first step towards patching up his relationship with the NYPD, de Blasio announced he’ll veto a proposed bill that would make chokeholds illegal if it passes the Council. * De Blasio disputes ‘lies’ in Post editorial (Capital) * Mayor de Blasio Vowsto Veto Chokehold Bill
The Secret World of Rev. Al Sharpton
New Anti-de Blasio Banner
New banner calls for de Blasio to resign, stop smoking weed (NYP) * Amid Controversy,Public #NYPD Data Answers Few Questions (City Limits) * PBA praises 'Real New Yorkers' for NYPD support, slams deBlasio #statenisland (SI Advance) * New York'spolice unions: how did they become so powerful? (Guardian) * NYPD on High Alert as ISIS Repeats Threat(WSJ) * NYPD Chokehold Report Critical of Ex-Police Commissioner Ray Kelly(WSJ)* #NYPD boss #BillBratton says #Cops ticket writing goingback up. Look out for car checkpoints. #NYC Crime is down. RT* 'RESIGN': Pro-NYPD group takes to the skies again in protest of Mayor de Blasio(NYDN)
NYC Congressional Member Missing From PO Ramos Funeral
Paying their respects(NYP Ed)Brooklyn . Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will attend the Liu wake Saturday, and senior Sen. Chuck Schumer will be at the funeral Sunday. Prior commitments kept both senators out of town last weekend, but each did reach out separately to the Ramos family. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan/Brooklyn) — who counted Liu and several of the officer’s family members as constituents — will attend the Sunday funeral. Other House members we contacted — Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn), Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn), Joe Crowley (D-Queens), Jose Serrano (D-Bronx), Eliot Engel (D-Bronx) and Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island
NYT Blasts Cops Again
NYT Goes Fiction in Editorial When It reports de Blasio has spent weeks expressing his respect and admiration for cops and leaves out the mayor's relationship with Team Sharpon and his anti-cop campaign platform
Police Respect Squandered in Attacks on de Blasio(NYT)New York police officers, led by their union, are squandering the department’s credibility, defacing its reputation, shredding its hard-earned respect. They have taken the most grave and solemn of civic moments — a funeral of a fallen colleague — and hijacked it for their own petty look-at-us gesture. In doing so, they also turned their backs on Mr. Ramos’s widow and her two young sons, and others in that grief-struck family.
AWAY FROM THE PRESS: De Blasio to host closed doors meeting with police union leaders, including PBA head Pat Lynch, to mend tensions between City Hall and NYPD (NYDN) * De Blasio calls emergency summit with cop unions(NYP) * Speaking at Police Academy Graduation, de Blasio Is Greeted With Scattered Jeers * No, Bill Bratton, The Post doesn’t hate de Blasio — we just love cops(Goodwin, NYP)
Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, who had his share of disagreements with the NYPD,criticized officers for turning their backs on de Blasio at Rafael Ramos’ funeral. * The NYT: “With these acts of passive-aggressive contempt and self-pity, many New York police officers, led by their union, are squandering the department’s credibility, defacing its reputation, shredding its hard-earned respect…These are disgraceful acts, which will be compounded if anyone repeats the stunt at Officer Liu’s funeral on Sunday.” * NYC Public Advocate Tish James called for a moratorium on “political statements” at Liu’s funeral.* De Blasio faced boos and heckling at a New York Police Department graduation ceremony yesterday.* Hamill: NYPD copswho protested at funeral crossed the line of respect (NYDN) When a small portion of the 23,000 cops attending Officer Rafael Ramos’ funeral turned their backs to the jumbo TV screen as Mayor de Blasio eulogized the fallen hero, those police protesters were just as disrespectful as those who marched against cops in Brooklyn .* The number of law enforcement officers killed by firearms in the U.S. jumped by 56 percent this year, including nine deaths in New York , the third most in the country, theAssociated Press writes: * De Blasio’s opposition to “broken windows” policing, such as stop and frisk, shows that he does not understand how police maintain order and gets at the heart of his problems with the NYPD, the Journal writes: * Rep. Michael Grimm’s sick, final con was taking advantage of Staten Island voters on his way out the door, using his seat in Congress that he kept last fall to bargain for a lighter sentence, Salon’s Blake Zeff writes: * The Journal’s Jacob Gershman delves into whether New York City police officers have a First Amendment right to protest the mayor after some officers turned their backs on de Blasio at a funeral for a slain officer:
Cop Threats On New Years Eve
NYPD Investigates Threats to Kill Officers on New Year'sEve, Sources Say(DNAINFO) New York has learned. Sources say there are several gang members on social media calling for New Year’s Eve to be “Kill a Pig Night” so that it will become “The New Year’s Eve Massacre 2014.” The threats primarily come in tweets baring a host of vicious anti-NYPD hash tags including #@deadcopseveryday, #onlydeadcops, #wingsonpigs and #laughatyourdeaths, according to law enforcement sources. One tweet reads: "Dear Police, Don’t think this cant happen again” accompanied by a photo of armed Blank Panthers from the 1960s and 1970s, sources say. UPDATE: Approximately 15 arrests made as result of threats to NYPD * The New York Police Department is on high alert for tonight’s New Year’s Eve festivities as social media chatter about killing officers has increased in recent days, thePost writes: * Who's Behind the NYPD "Kill a Pig Night" Social Media Death Threats?(Gawker)
Judge Up for Reappointment By de Blasio Free Two Suspects That Attacked Cops
Judge Guilty of Bad Timing. A Mayor Looking to Repair His Relationship With Cops Will Have A Hard Time Reappointing Judge Johnson Next Week
Update De Blasio must decide by New Year’s Eve whether to appoint ‘anti-cop’ judge(NYP) de Blasio has just six days to decide whether to keep aBrooklyn judge who let two men charged with anti-cop crimes walk free without bail
Update De Blasio must decide by New Year’s Eve whether to appoint ‘anti-cop’ judge(NYP) de Blasio has just six days to decide whether to keep a
Judge frees cop ‘puncher’ a day after springing death threat thug(NYP) Criminal Court Judge Laura Johnson blatantly disregarded an Office of Court Administration boss who said she “should be setting an example to the public that threatening or assaulting police officers isn’t an acceptable thing,” a courthouse source said. Johnson, a former high-ranking Legal Aid lawyer, was appointed to the bench by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Her term expires next Wednesday, and Mayor de Blasio is “considering” her reappointment, a City Hall official said.* NYPD Arrests 4 After Threats to Officers(WSJ) Since the shooting deaths of two police officers Saturday afternoon, the NYPD has launched 40 investigations into possible threats
NYPD deB "Who is On First" Dance Routine
.jpg)
Rather than temper his statements with thought, PBA President Pat Lynch is amping up tension between civilians and police by drawing a wholly misplaced parallel between the chokehold death of Eric Garner and the killings of police officers in the line of duty HOLIER THAN THOU: PBA chief refuses to reconcile with mayor, despite Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s urging(NYDN) * Sergeants Union Boss Defends PBA Funeral PetitionWith ‘Hundreds’ of Signatures(NYO)* Tensions mount between de Blasio, police union (LoHud)Council Blames *A New York City Council hearing examining the circumstances of Akai Gurley’s death laid much of the blame on the city, state and federal governments for not adequately funding the New York City
Cops Anger At de Blasio Boils Over Reaches, New Heights
Flying over the Hudson River , courtesy a group of retired police concerned about #NYPDShooting
DeBlasio drops in on wake at the last minute
The mayor spent Christmas Day and most of Friday in Connecticut with relatives. His public schedule stating he would come to the viewing wasn’t published until 9 p.m., a couple of minutes before he arrived at the Queens church
Our Leadership Broke It, Do They Know and Do They Have the Ability to Fix It?
Swat Teams In Bed Stuy Guarding Two Police Precincts
NYPD Boosts SecurityAt 2 Brooklyn Precincts After Threats (NYDN) * Anti-cop protesters march in defiance of de Blasio’s appeal(NYP) Manhattan Tuesday evening, marching through the Fifth Avenue shopping district before heading uptown. “The mayor says stop that, we say f–k that!” the mob chanted at one point. Other slogans were of the sort that Hizzoner has denounced as “hateful” and “inappropriate” in the wake of Saturday’s assassinations of two city cops. “NYPD, KKK, how many kids did you kill today?” the protesters shouted.* Judge frees gang thug without bail after NYPD death threat (NYP) * Threats to New York Police Stream In After Fatal Shootings, Putting Department on Edge (NYT)* FDNY abandons firehouse next to police station targeted in gang threat(NYP)
It is unfortunate that protesters are using such highly-charged rhetoric during Holy Week and period of mourning for our officers.
CUNY newspaper editorial calls for violent protests(NYP) * Cop killer made flurry of calls before gunning down officers(NYP) * De Blasio honors fallen cops in ceremonies (NYP) * Dying officer’s wife comforted his fellow cops at the hospital(NYP) * Demonstrators tried to disrupt holiday shopping on New York’s Fifth Avenue Tuesday, defying Mayor Bill de Blasio’s request to suspend protests after two police officers were fatally shot over the weekend, Bloomberg reports: * Along with a widely observed moment of silence for the two fallen officers, New Yorkers found many ways to express their gratitude to the police, from kind words to free pizzas, The New York Times writes: * SEE IT: Protestsresume in New York to oppose police brutality despite Bill de Blasio’s plea tosuspend demonstrations (NYDN) On Tuesday, protesters marched through the streets with signs reading ‘Jail Killer Cops’ to demand justice for people who died recently at the hands of police. The rallies began in Union Square and outside City Hall and moved toward Times Square . On Monday, the mayor implored protesters to suspend their demonstrations until after the funerals of two NYPD cops who were murdered Saturday in Brooklyn .
In open letter, Mayor de Blasio stresses need to shelve rhetoric until after funerals of slain NYPD cops(NYDN) * Families of killed NYPD cops will not have to pay mortgages(NYDN) * De Blasio and Dinkins: When cops and mayors feud(NYDN)* Across New York, Mourners Find Ways Big and Small to Honor Slain Officers(NYDN) * After Shootings, Police Union Chief Deepens Rift With de Blasio(NYT) * City Prepares Two Goodbyes for Fallen Officers(WSJ) * Protesters Hit Streets Again, Defying Mayor(WSJ) * Former Mayor Giuliani Criticizes NYC Response to Protests(WSJ)* Protesters march uptown, defy de Blasio(Capital)*
Iconic New York City landmarks – including the Empire State Building Glendale . The funeral is at 10 a.m. Saturday at the same location. Some 20,000 to 25,000 cops and law enforcement officials from across the United States and Canada are expected to gather in New York City in coming days for the funerals.
The shop where thecop-killer bought his weapon:(NYT) * Too late: Cops' deaths highlight outdated systems (Brooklyn Eagle) But when it came to giving the New York Police Department specifics about Brinsley, the means were markedly low-tech: a phone call and a wanted flier sent by fax.* Trayvon Martin’s Family Rejects ‘Dead Cops’ Marchers (Daily Beast) A group with ties to the protesters who called for ‘dead cops’ may be calling itself the ‘Trayvon Martin Organizing Committee,’ but the dead teen’s family wants nothing to do with it. * Anti-police-brutality protests continue despite de Blasio’srequest:(NYM) * De Blasio Denounces ‘Cowardly Threats’ to Copsas NYPD Urges Vigilance (NYO) * Council reconsiders police bills after shootings(Capital)* The Gun Used to kill NYPD officers Ramos and Wenjian Liu was bought from a pawn shop in Georgia by an Asian man, but its journey after that is still a mystery to police, TheNew York Times reports: * The NYPD confirmed that a Baltimore-based gang the Black Guerrilla Family made threats against Brooklyn police precincts and that the force has made four arrests after assessing hundreds of threats, the Daily News reports * Earlier this week, New York City PBA President Patrick Lynch told a new class of 1,000 officers in a speech closed to the press that their greatest mission will be to build ties to the community they serve, DNAinfo reports: * De Blasio Denounces Protests Before NYPDFunerals as ‘Deeply Divisive’(NYO) * Family of slain officer visits Brooklyn station house(NYP)* CUNY newspaper editorial calls for violent protests(NYP) * JetBlue offering police free flights to slain NYPD cops’ funerals(NYP) * ‘It gave them a few minutes to smile’: Sons of slain Officer Rafael Ramos get Christmas Eve invitation from David Wright to suit up with the Mets for spring training(NYDN) * Video: A Shift in Protests After Officers Are Killed(NYT) Since the fatal shootings of two police officers in Brooklyn , some protests against police tactics have become more subdued.
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is asking rank-and-file cops to tell NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to stay away from their funerals if they’re killed in the line of duty.* Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson blasted a request to appoint a special prosecutor in Eric Garner-like cases as “unworkable,” the Observer reports: * The labor-backed Working Families Party is backing state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s request for the power to investigate and prosecute unarmed civilian deaths at the hands of police officers, State of Politics reports * Morbidly political (NYDN Ed) The PBA takes the low road in its latest attack on Mayor de Blasio * YOU'RE DEAD TO US! Patrolmen's group tells de Blasio, Mark-Viverito to 'stay home if NYPD cop dies on duty' over pols' 'consistent' lack of respect toward officers * Cops to de Blasio: Stay away from our funerals(NYP)
Tuesday Update
Cops rip ‘nincompoop’ de Blasio’s response to protester attack(NYP)
There’s No Room for Rudolph Giuliani in Bill de Blasio’s New York
The NYT Shows the Political, Attack Side of the PBA's Lunch Ignores the Widows and Patrolmen's Wives He Has to Answer To Also
In the wake of the fatal shooting of two NYPD officers, the Times takes an in depth look at Pat Lynch, who has been the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association for15 years: * Patrolmen'sBenevolent Association President Patrick Lynch’s criticism of City Hall isescalating (NYDN) Lynch has always been openly critical of City Hall. It’s part of his job in fighting to negotiate contracts for the union. But it seems his rhetoric has increased in recent weeks. A union spokesman disputed this idea, but others feel the union boss is making too much noise. * The bad blood between the NYPD and blacks predates the recent tragedies and it won’t get better until police accept that they are part of the problem, too, but people who reflexively blame cops are part of the problem, as well, Newsday’s Alvin Bessent writes: * “With his slicked-back hair, Queens accent and entourage of mostly white, male union lieutenants, Patrick J. Lynch moves through New York as the rough-around-the-edges, unapologetic labor leader for more than 22,000 street officers.”* New class of 1,000cops sat wide eyed and clearly anxious about hitting streets after two NYPD executions(DNAINFO) * Pat Lynch urges officers to prioritize safety(Capital)
Widows Speak to Police Protests
Families of fallen cops band together amid protests(NYP)
Pro Cop Rally Also
NYPD supporters planning pro-cop rally at City Hall(NYP) NYPD supporters are planning a “Pro-Cop Rally” at City Hall next week to counter ongoing anti-cop protests — and could wind up squaring off against activists hellbent on disrupting the event. The Dec. 19 demonstration was announced on the “Thank you NYPD” Facebook page, where it scored 3,000-plus “Likes” by Thursday evening and more than 235 people had signed up to attend. The city resident behind the Facebook page — created in August amid mounting controversy over Eric Garner’s death while resisting arrest — said the rally was proposed by many of the page’s 14,000-plus followers.* Piling on the police(NYP Ed) Here in New York , the week began with City Council members holding a “die-in” and then blocking traffic to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a cop for the death of Eric Garner. Now the council has asked for an investigation of how allegations of police abuse are handled. In Albany , Senate Democrats announced a bill for a new office to review cases of killings by cops. The day before, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman demanded prosecutorial power over such cases.
The Assembly has long sought special investigators for cops. Not to be left out, Gov. Cuomo is reviewing his options.Meanwhile, US Attorney General Eric Holder, who’s probing the Garner case, may impose his own “reforms” on the NYPD — as he’s done in 15 other cities. All this would add to the existing oversight — by the NYPD’s new inspector general, by the monitor ordered last year by a federal judge, by a newly energized Civilian Complaint Review Board, by five district attorneys and by an army of private lawyers eager to sue.
The Cops Have Had It With de Blasio
Congressional staffers walk out, protesting Garner &Brown decisions(NBC)* "More than halfsaid that New York was as safe as it was a year ago, before Mr. de Blasiobecame mayor." (NYT) From all this you’d think the NYPD is the most abusive, deadly force on the planet. The opposite is true: A 2013 study shows New York has fewer shootings (and fatalities) per capita by cops than Chicago , Houston , Dallas , Baltimore ,Washington
Police officers to mayor: Don’t attend my funeral(NYO) Grand Jury Poll Some 65 percent of New Yorkers believe a Staten Island grand jury should have indicted a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man, according to a new Siena College
More on the Brooklyn DA
More on the Brooklyn DA
Pat Lynch: "I don’t do my job to make myself popular."
Saturday Update
Poll: Sharpton and Lynch equally unpopular(Capital) In addition, 69 percent of those questioned disapproved of police turning their backs on the mayor at the officers' funerals, part of an anti-de Blasio police movement spearheaded by Lynch. Only 18 percent of New Yorkers have a "favorable" impression of Lynch, the poll found, and 43 percent of voters think he's a "mostly negative" force in New York City . Poll Interesting Q-poll wrinkle: 45/43 disapprove/approve split for Hispanics on question of whether they approve how @BilldeBlasio handles crime @RossBarkan @BilldeBlasio disapprove/approve way de Blasio handling police department? Hispanics - 56/35 * Poll: Most New Yorkers dislike the whole cop back turningthing. (CrainsNY) * Q-Poll: NYC Voters Disapprove Of Cops Turning Their Backs On de Blasio(YNN)* Voters Disapprove of Police Officers’ Protests and Work Slowdown, Poll Finds (NYT) For Mayor Bill de Blasio, the results from the Quinnipiac University
The New York Police, the Mayor and the Limits of Bullying (NYT) A new poll finds that New Yorkers don’t like cops turning their backs on the mayor. * Arrests forlow-level crimes increase as NYPD slowdown gradually ends (NYDN) The city’s five courthouses have seen a striking increase in the number of arraignments for misdemeanors and violations, but it’s still short of the levels of prior years. Still, it shows the three-week slowdown is winding down. In Brooklyn and Manhattan criminal courts, two courtrooms were needed instead of one to handle the increase in arraignments.* State Senate Republicans to Hold Hearings on Improving Police-Community Relations(NY1) * Anonymous Hong Kong Donor Gives $1 Million To Families of Slain NYPD Officers (WSJ) A wealthy entrepreneur from Hong Kong has donated $1 million to the families of two New York City police officers fatally shot while sitting in their patrol car last month. * Second NYPD Officer Injured in Bronx Shootout Leaves Hospital(WSJ) * New York Police Commissioner Bratton is caught betweenpolice unions and Mayor Bill de Blasio(WSJ)* NYPD memo warns cops of 'threats of violence' by Brooklyn street gang(NYDN) * 'I don't do my job to make myself popular': Pat Lynch says he's not bothered by non-cop critics(NYDN)
deB Says It Was Dinkins and Vallone who Reduced Crime Not Giuliani
De Blasio also said history is sometimes "airbrushed," an apparent reference to Rudy Giuliani, Dinkins' successor, who is generally credited with the city's sharp reduction in crime.
Media Double Standing On Crime Is Racial Was A Black Mayor Dinkins Treated Differently By the Press On Crime Than White Pols? (True News)
NBC Poll Shows Deep Divide: Confidence in Cops Split Along Racial Lines
BREAKING: Poll showsdeep racial divide in confidence in law enforcement(NBC) In the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police confrontations in New York and Ferguson , Missouri
Reverend calls for de Blasio apology to cops(NYP)
'A TIME TO STEP BACK:' Mayor de Blasio calls for political debates and protests to cease until slain NYPD cops are buried(NYDN) VP Biden #BREAKING: President @BarackObama has asked @VP Biden to attend Saturday's funeral for #NYPD officer Rafael Ramos. - @WCBS880 * New York City honored its two fallen police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, with a Moment of Silence at 2:47 p.m., marking the instant at which they were shot on a Brooklyn street corner three days ago, the New York Times reports * De Blasio’s nightmare (Politico) New York ’s mayor has lost the police — and maybe much more than that.
NYP and Cops Union Lash Out At the Mayor After the Brooklyn Bridge Attack
Tuesday Update
Cops rip ‘nincompoop’ de Blasio’s response to protester attack(NYP)
Dependency = Admiration = Survival Road Show
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Expects LowTurnout at Pro-Cop Rally(NYO) * NYPD supporters face off against cop critics at rally(NYP)
56% Disapprove
In the aftermath of the Eric Garner case, a Quinnipiac poll found 56 percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the job Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing on police-community ties, while only 36 percent approve, the Daily News reports: * PBA President Pat Lynch told officers to use “extreme discretion,” in response to what he said was a lack of support from City Hall and 56% Disapprove
Thursday Update
According to a survey by Quinnipiac University
De Blasio Fights For The Right To Mass Arrest PeacefulProtesters (Gothamist) Public helping cops track down protesters in NYPD attack(NYP) *Mark-Viverito preaches to cops about community relations(NYP)* We’re drivin’ here! Majority want protestors cleared from streets(NYP)* Scott’s grand $tand(NYP Ed) The Eric Garner case is bringing out the worst in city officials. The latest is Comptroller Scott Stringer, who’s practically tripping over himself to ensure he’s the guy who hands..* Cop union boss to members: de Blasio "thinks he'srunning a fucking revolution," cops should use "extremediscretion" * At private meeting, union head tells officers to use ‘extreme discretion’(Capital) ‘The rules are made by them to hurt you. Well now we’ll use those rules to protect us.’
The New Both Sides of Their Mouth Norm
NYPD Commish Defends de Blasio from Police Union Attacks’ (Mediaite) PD Commissioner Bill Bratton was asked about all this at his press conference today, and he scolded the DEA for its “cheap shot” at the mayor and the PBA for taking “a step too far” in trying to keep de Blasio from funerals. He defended de Blasio’s support of the NYPD and said it’s beyond the pale for any police representative to make such deeply personal attacks.
$12,000 Reward NYPD announces $12K reward after protest attack on cops(NYP)* Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows (NY1) * Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows(NY1) * Here are the ‘alleged’ cop-bashers*NYP) Thought those anti-cop protesters were peaceful? Think again(NYP) * 'PEOPLE ARE PISSED': Hundreds of cops sign 'Don't Insult My Sacrifice' form asking de Blasio to stay away from police funerals(NYDN) * Marilynn Johnson: Every 20 years, NYC forces police reform(NYDN)* Protest Organizers to Meet With New York Mayor(WSJ)
Tuesday Update
Cops rip ‘nincompoop’ de Blasio’s response to protester attack(NYP)
Dependency = Admiration = Survival Road Show
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Expects LowTurnout at Pro-Cop Rally(NYO) * NYPD supporters face off against cop critics at rally(NYP)
56% Disapprove
In the aftermath of the Eric Garner case, a Quinnipiac poll found 56 percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the job Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing on police-community ties, while only 36 percent approve, the Daily News reports: * PBA President Pat Lynch told officers to use “extreme discretion,” in response to what he said was a lack of support from City Hall and 56% Disapprove
Thursday Update
According to a survey by Quinnipiac University
De Blasio Fights For The Right To Mass Arrest PeacefulProtesters (Gothamist) Public helping cops track down protesters in NYPD attack(NYP) *Mark-Viverito preaches to cops about community relations(NYP)* We’re drivin’ here! Majority want protestors cleared from streets(NYP)* Scott’s grand $tand(NYP Ed) The Eric Garner case is bringing out the worst in city officials. The latest is Comptroller Scott Stringer, who’s practically tripping over himself to ensure he’s the guy who hands..* Cop union boss to members: de Blasio "thinks he'srunning a fucking revolution," cops should use "extremediscretion" * At private meeting, union head tells officers to use ‘extreme discretion’(Capital) ‘The rules are made by them to hurt you. Well now we’ll use those rules to protect us.’
The New Both Sides of Their Mouth Norm
NYPD Commish Defends de Blasio from Police Union Attacks’ (Mediaite) PD Commissioner Bill Bratton was asked about all this at his press conference today, and he scolded the DEA for its “cheap shot” at the mayor and the PBA for taking “a step too far” in trying to keep de Blasio from funerals. He defended de Blasio’s support of the NYPD and said it’s beyond the pale for any police representative to make such deeply personal attacks.
$12,000 Reward NYPD announces $12K reward after protest attack on cops(NYP)* Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows (NY1) * Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows(NY1) * Here are the ‘alleged’ cop-bashers*NYP) Thought those anti-cop protesters were peaceful? Think again(NYP) * 'PEOPLE ARE PISSED': Hundreds of cops sign 'Don't Insult My Sacrifice' form asking de Blasio to stay away from police funerals(NYDN) * Marilynn Johnson: Every 20 years, NYC forces police reform(NYDN)* Protest Organizers to Meet With New York Mayor(WSJ)
Multitasking NYPD Story On All Fronts
De Blasio offers different ‘View’ on cop criticism(NYP)
.jpg)
Ferguson , Mo. Times Square on a bitterly cold night in 2012. DePrimo asked the man his shoe size and headed for a Skecher’s store two blocks away. A tourist took a cell-phone video of the cop presenting the pandhandler with a brand-new, $100 pair of all-weather boots, along with thermal socks.* VIDEO: Protesters Brawl With #NYPD Officers On Brooklyn Bridge New York City to $14 and higher, the Post writes: * The same poll found a majority of New York City residents support Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of the post Garner decision protests that continue to roil in the streets and have caused tensions between his office and the NYPD unions.* That said, a majority of New Yorkers would like the protestors to stop blocking traffic.
Multitasking NYPD Story On All Fronts
57 percent of New Yorkers want protesters to stop clogging streets
The same poll found 61 percent of voters support AG Eric Schneiderman’s call for his office to be given the power to handle cases in which unarmed civilians are killed by police.
Majority of New Yorkers Want Protesters to StopBlocking Traffic: Poll (NYO) The poll found 57 percent of New Yorkers want protesters, who have stopped traffic in the weeks since grand juries voted to not indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and There’s No Room for Rudolph Giuliani in Bill de Blasio’s New York
Sharpton CCRB vs NYPD, Noerdlinger, McCray, de Blasio
Pink Houses horror (NYDN) Brooklyn DA must fully investigate emerging, troubling details on poice shooting Shaun Landau, waited eternal minutes before they called in the shooting, while Gurley lay dying several floors below. Their commander learned of the incident not from the officer responsible or his partner, but from a 911 call phoned in by a downstairs neighbor, on whose door Gurley’s girlfriend had knocked, pleading for help. Liang and Landau would not radio in for another six and a half minutes after that. Sources say in that crucial window, even as their commander tried to reach them, Liang and Landau texted their union reps. In the absence of a compelling explanation for this bizarre and protective behavior, the accounts disastrously confirm the sense, aflame in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision, that it’s necessary to declare, “Black lives matter.” Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson must investigate to the full force of the law* Failure to makeapartment building repairs may have contributed to Akai Gurley's death:officials (NYDN) EXCLUSIVE: The light in the Pink Houses stairwell where Officer Peter Liang shot Akai Gurley had problems that may have caused it to dim, officials said. Those problems were not reported to NYCHA. And a staff request made months ago to upgrade the aging lighting system at the Pink Houses had not yet been addressed by NYCHA headquarters when the shooting occurred on Nov. 20, officials said.* Parents mourn stairwell-shooting victim, DA investigates(Brooklyn Paper)
While Akai Gurley was dying in a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn housing development last month, the cop who fired the fatal bullet texted his union representative, but failed to call his commanding officer or emergency services for over six and a half minutes, theDaily News reports: * Grand Jury Hearing Planned in Police Killing of Man on Project Stairs(NYT) In Brooklyn Church, Mourning a Man Killed, the Police Say, in an Accident(NYT) Many who never knew Akai Gurley attended his funeral on Friday, saying they imagined it could have been their own relative killed by a police officer’s bullet.* Brooklyn Grand Jury to Examine Akai Gurley Shooting Death(NYT)* Friends, Family Say Final Farewell to Akai Gurley(NY1)
More On the NYPD, Commissioner Bratton
Tuesday Update
Cops rip ‘nincompoop’ de Blasio’s response to protester attack(NYP)
NYT Cop Assault Rethink Amid Assaults on Officers, New York Police Rethink Their Response to Protests At least five officers have been assaulted by protesters — including two lieutenants on Saturday during a nighttime melee on the Brooklyn Bridge
NYPD cops attacked during ‘peaceful’ protest(NYP)*Top cop who bailed out de Blasio's bishop pal transferred from Brooklyn precinct(NYDN)* Incoming Assemblyman Charles Barron explains why he believes NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton should be fired and broken windows policing abandoned, and he also lays out his agenda for the upcoming legislative session in Albany, including his push for the full implementation of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity ruling City & State Cardinal Dolan Calls for Peace Dolan: Demonizing NYPD or city's leaders won't unite NYC(NYDN) * Timothy Cardinal Dolan, writing in the DN, urges both sides of the post-Eric Garner case debate in NYC to “to tune down the volume and speak calmly. * ”The President of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Pat Lynch, is defending the union’s attempt to ban the NYC mayor and City Council speaker from attending the funerals of fallen police officers.* The man arrested on felony charges after assaulting two NYPD officers at the end of an otherwise peaceful protest march Sunday is a 29-year-old Brooklyn resident and English professor at Baruch college.* The beating of the two police lieutenants was the latest evidence of deteriorating behavior by some marchers in the Garner protests, a law-enforcement official said, and police vowed to “draw the line” on further attacks.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio called the attack “an incident…in which a small group of protesters allegedly assaulted some members of the NYPD.” Ed Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, called the mayor a “total nincompoop” for his handling of the situation. * Congregants in African-American churches across the country wore black to Sunday services and prayed over the men in attendance in a symbolic stand against fatal police shootings of unarmed black men.* Protests have violent side, NYPD finds. (WSJ) Cuomo Defends Cops Barring de Blasio from Funerals Cuomo defends cops barring de Blasio from funerals(NYP) * Former President Bush pays surprise visit to 9/11 museum (NYP) Sydney NYC ups security after Sydney siege(NYP)* HOLY UNION: Top NYPD union reps say Timothy Cardinal Dolan is right that de Blasio, cops need to reconcile(NYDN) * Police Patrols in New York Housing Draw Scrutiny(NYY) In New York public housing, officers walking a beat are watching not only for offenses but also for behavior that is not illegal at all. Citations can lead to evictions.* Police Hunt for 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Protest Melee(NYT) Videos captured the roughly two-minute melee on Saturday between protesters and two lieutenants who were injured, Philip Chan and Patrick Sullivan. * David Garth, 84, Dies; Consultant Was an Innovator of Political TV Ads(NYT)* HOLIER THAN THOU: PBA chief refuses to reconcile with mayor, despite Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s urging(NYDN)
Dependency = Admiration = Survival Road Show
Washington
NYP and Cops Union Lash Out At the Mayor After the Brooklyn Bridge Attack
Tuesday Update
Cops rip ‘nincompoop’ de Blasio’s response to protester attack(NYP)
Dependency = Admiration = Survival Road Show
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Expects LowTurnout at Pro-Cop Rally(NYO) * NYPD supporters face off against cop critics at rally(NYP)
56% Disapprove
In the aftermath of the Eric Garner case, a Quinnipiac poll found 56 percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the job Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing on police-community ties, while only 36 percent approve, the Daily News reports: * PBA President Pat Lynch told officers to use “extreme discretion,” in response to what he said was a lack of support from City Hall and 56% Disapprove
Thursday Update
According to a survey by Quinnipiac University
De Blasio Fights For The Right To Mass Arrest PeacefulProtesters (Gothamist) Public helping cops track down protesters in NYPD attack(NYP) *Mark-Viverito preaches to cops about community relations(NYP)* We’re drivin’ here! Majority want protestors cleared from streets(NYP)* Scott’s grand $tand(NYP Ed) The Eric Garner case is bringing out the worst in city officials. The latest is Comptroller Scott Stringer, who’s practically tripping over himself to ensure he’s the guy who hands..* Cop union boss to members: de Blasio "thinks he'srunning a fucking revolution," cops should use "extremediscretion" * At private meeting, union head tells officers to use ‘extreme discretion’(Capital) ‘The rules are made by them to hurt you. Well now we’ll use those rules to protect us.’
The New Both Sides of Their Mouth Norm
NYPD Commish Defends de Blasio from Police Union Attacks’ (Mediaite) PD Commissioner Bill Bratton was asked about all this at his press conference today, and he scolded the DEA for its “cheap shot” at the mayor and the PBA for taking “a step too far” in trying to keep de Blasio from funerals. He defended de Blasio’s support of the NYPD and said it’s beyond the pale for any police representative to make such deeply personal attacks.
$12,000 Reward NYPD announces $12K reward after protest attack on cops(NYP)* Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows (NY1) * Reward Offered as Number of Suspects in Officer Assaults Grows(NY1) * Here are the ‘alleged’ cop-bashers*NYP) Thought those anti-cop protesters were peaceful? Think again(NYP) * 'PEOPLE ARE PISSED': Hundreds of cops sign 'Don't Insult My Sacrifice' form asking de Blasio to stay away from police funerals(NYDN) * Marilynn Johnson: Every 20 years, NYC forces police reform(NYDN)* Protest Organizers to Meet With New York Mayor(WSJ)
Cops In the Pink Houses Shooting Called the PBA Not Their Commanding Office
Rookie NYPD officer who shot Akai Gurley in Brooklyn stairwell was texting union rep as victim lay dying
Akai Gurley, shot dead by rookie NYPD cop in dark stairwell
NYPD deB "Who is On First" Dance Routine
Rather than temper his statements with thought, PBA President Pat Lynch is amping up tension between civilians and police by drawing a wholly misplaced parallel between the chokehold death of Eric Garner and the killings of police officers in the line of duty HOLIER THAN THOU: PBA chief refuses to reconcile with mayor, despite Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s urging(NYDN) * Sergeants Union Boss Defends PBA Funeral PetitionWith ‘Hundreds’ of Signatures(NYO)* Tensions mount between de Blasio, police union (LoHud)Council Blames *A New York City Council hearing examining the circumstances of Akai Gurley’s death laid much of the blame on the city, state and federal governments for not adequately funding the New York City
No comments:
Post a Comment