If the Sharpton/DeBlasio race baiters have the right to protest then I think the police should too. Actually I think they've done it with class considering what they could do. After all, they are the ones armed to the hilt.
All they did, however, was turn their backs on the person they have a grievance with in the only venue where they could be sure he got the message. Or at least couldn't deny getting it. They didn't turn over and burn cars, they didn't break windows, beat civilians nor rob businesses. They didn't rain debris on unsuspecting pedestrians. They merely turned their backs. On the one person with whom they had a grievance.
Is our discomfort because of the brotherhood they share? They have each others backs in a way no other profession other than active duty combat soldiers do. Daily they face the worst of us more than the best. Sure, not all of them are good guys and sometimes we lose patience because it takes so long to weed out the bad ones. We don't like their 'attitude'. But what would we do without them?
We want their respect. Is it too much for them to ask the same from not only those they protect but from those to whom they must answer? I think not.
I'm willing to wager if we should ever have another, God forbid, incident like 9/11 who do you think would be leading the first responders? I think I can safely say it wouldn't be the likes of Bill DeBlasio. Most likely it would be a cop. We need to remember that.
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I agree that there is a big rift between the police and the mayor in New York City. What I have heard the mayor saying is that we need to heal that problem.
In an article by Jonathan Lemire:
"A funeral is not the place for that," Bratton said. "Come demonstrate outside City Hall. Come demonstrate outside police headquarters. But don't put on your uniform, go to a funeral and engage in a political action."
That is my attitude on it. Thinking of the families of the slain officers should be more important than their political problems.
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