Pat Lynch Declares War on Protestors and De Blasio

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Wonder why no one on the right is talking about this wonderful man stirring the pot and being incendiary?

If he can orchestrate to have police officers turn their back on their boss, what does that say to the Black communities about how they will be treated?

Those who are trying to connect the murders of the officers with the thousands of articulate and peaceful protestors across America are being deliberately misleading in a cynical and selfish effort to turn public sentiment against the protestors. This is the same strategy used when trying to lump in the violence and looting with the legitimate protestors, who have disavowed that behavior. They hope to misdirect public attention and emotion in order to stop the protests and the progressive changes that have already resulted. Shaming and blaming is a lot easier than addressing legitimate claims.

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In a Dec. 21, 2014 article about the shooting, the Los Angeles Times referred to the New York City protests as “anti-police marches,” which is grossly inaccurate and illustrates the problem of perception the protestors are battling. The marches are meant to raise awareness of double standards, lack of adequate police candidate screening, and insufficient training that have resulted in unnecessary killings. Police are not under attack, institutionalized racism is. Trying to remove sexually abusive priests is not an attack on Catholicism, nor is removing ineffective teachers an attack on education. Bad apples, bad training, and bad officials who blindly protect them, are the enemy. And any institution worth saving should want to eliminate them, too.

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Police union declares war on de Blasio after murder of officers

Amid an outpouring of condemnation of the slaying of two NYPD officers, the city's highest-profile police union official focused his outrage on the mayor.

Following a somber press conference during which de Blasio and NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton recounted the facts of the execution-style death of the two police officers, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch blamed City Hall for the double murder.

"There is blood on many hands tonight. Those that incited violence on the street under the guise of protests that tried to tear down what New York City police officers did every day," Lynch said during a brief press conference outside Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn Saturday night.

"That blood on their hands," he added, "starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor."

Lynch addressed the media moments after the bodies of the two slain officers—40-year-old Rafael Ramos and 32-year-old Wenjian Liu—were driven out of the hospital in police vehicles, as officers stood by silently and saluted them.

He vowed action after the officers' funerals.

"When these funerals are over, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable," he said. "We ask every person in this city to bow their heads tonight and pray for our families."

A spokeswoman for de Blasio scolded Lynch for his remarks.

"It's unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy, some would resort to irresponsible, overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people," Marti Adams said in an email. "Mayor de Blasio understands this is the time when we must come together to support the families and friends of those brave officers New York City lost tonight, and the entire NYPD community."

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