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| Bratton to NYPD: Don'Â’t turn your backs on mayor at funeral |
| 2015-01-03 |
| Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is so worried his cops will turn their backs to his boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio, at another NYPD funeral that he sent out a memo to shame them into good behavior, sources told The Post. "A hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance,"” began the four-paragraph plea, which is being read at precinct roll calls ahead of slain Officer Wenjian Liu's Sunday service. Bratton won't punish officers who choose to turn their backs to de Blasio -- which was done in droves at the funeral for fallen Officer Rafael Ramos -- but he pleaded with the rank and file to shelve their anger. "I issue no mandates and I make no threats of discipline,"the memo said. "But I remind you that when you don the uniform of this department, you are bound by the tradition, honor, and decency that go with it." Thousands of cops outside the Ramos funeral church showed their backs to the massive video screens broadcasting de Blasio's eulogy inside. Bratton publicly called the back-turn "inappropriate" -- and said he didn't support it. Modal Trigger But the memo goes much further, blaming the officers involved with taking attention away from the funeral and ruining the NYPD's reputation. "“The country's consciousness of that funeral has focused on an act of disrespect shown by a fraction of those …officers,"he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 NYPD to Bratton: Fuck you. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-01-03 19:46 |
| #4 When an issue like this is politicized, the general principle is to not expect a resolution of the issue except for time. Though it seems to me that not writing tickets and bullsh*t arrests is a step up. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-01-03 15:20 |
| #3 "I issue no mandates and I make no threats of discipline," the memo said. "But I remind you that when you don the uniform of this department, you are bound by the tradition, honor, and decency that go with it." he'd do well to remind his boss of that as well. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-03 13:24 |
| #2 Don't turn your back on progressives. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-03 13:22 |
| #1 Bratton was appointed by de Blasio, so he has to do his bidding. It is de Blasio that is polluting this funeral by turning it into a photo op on how much he "supports" the police. De Blasio created this problem (in fact, he built his career on attacking the police), and the police are under no obligation to get him out of it. If de Blasio wants to gain respect, then show up WITHOUT THE PRESS, and attend as a private mourner. |
| Posted by: frozen al 2015-01-03 12:21 |
