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A major New York police union declares open war on Mayor de Blasio

[American Thinker] - Five years ago, two police officers were murdered in Brooklyn, and the New York City police blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for fomenting an atmosphere in which police murder was acceptable. This past weekend, although thankfully no one was killed, a man twice attempted to assassinate police officers in New York City. This time, the Sergeants Benevolent Association says this is war ‐ not with the criminals, but with the mayor.

One of the most striking images from the first year of Bill de Blasio's mayoralty was the scene at the funeral for Wenjian Liu. Liu and his partner Rafael Ramos were killed in an ambush. Police officers blamed de Blasio's constant anti-police, pro‐Black Lives Matter rhetoric for creating an atmosphere so hostile to police that murder was inevitable. At Liu's funeral, in January 2015, when de Blasio began his eulogy, many of the assembled police officers turned their backs on him:

In the intervening years, as the Black Lives Matter furor died down, the New York cops and Mayor de Blasio entered into an uneasy truce. That all ended over the weekend, when one man, believed to be Robert Williams, twice attempted to assassinate New York City police.

...De Blasio did not take responsibility for what happened in New York. Instead, he sent out a generic set of political tweets, first praising the officers and then rendering them almost irrelevant by saying the attacks were actually against all New Yorkers:

The Sergeants Benevolent Association, rather than feeling supported, was enraged and volleyed back with scorching tweets "declaring war" on de Blasio, openly denying him respect, banning him from hospital visits, and accusing him of selling the police out to the criminals:

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-11 03:44|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 If the union was serious they would start to drop off every early release and unbonded violent criminal at the Mayor’s feet (they know where he is everyday).

Posted by Airandee 2020-02-11 06:04|| 2020-02-11 06:04|| Front Page Top

#2 "A major New York police union declares open war on Mayor de Blasio"

I'll order more popcorn. ;-)

Posted by Barbara 2020-02-11 10:45|| 2020-02-11 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Bill de Blasio demands 'consequences' for police union chief who declared 'WAR' on the New York Mayor after a gunman injured two officers

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-11 12:50|| 2020-02-11 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 De Blasio deserves this. He is effectively an accessory to murder.

Posted by Lex 2020-02-11 14:45|| 2020-02-11 14:45|| Front Page Top

#5 demands consequences. Hmm, so it's ok when a democrat wants to givve out consequences ,but when trump does the same thing it's a big no no

Posted by Chris 2020-02-11 16:01|| 2020-02-11 16:01|| Front Page Top

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