Police Union Links Cop Killings To Protests; NYPD Critics Condemn Shootings ~ THE 5TH ESTATE ASIA

Monday, December 22, 2014

Police Union Links Cop Killings To Protests; NYPD Critics Condemn Shootings

Monday, December 22, 2014

The 5th Estate condemns in no uncertain terms this act of cowardice by a feral animal who along with other street vermin have hidden behind and opportunistically used peaceful protest as a cover for looting, burning, provoking chaos and inciting murder

NEWSDAY
By Darran Simon and Ted Phillips
12/21/2014

A police union leader's anger boiled over Saturday night as he linked the execution-style slayings of two officers to weeks of protests over NYPD conduct and Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to assuage police critics. Protest leaders and public officials strongly condemned the killings, and de Blasio said the murder of cops "tears at the foundations of our society."

Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, charged that de Blasio and the protesters bore blame for an atmosphere of hostility to cops.

"There's blood on many hands tonight," Lynch said at a news conference outside Woodhull Medical Center after ambulances carried away the bodies of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wen Jian Liu.

"Those that incited violence on the street in the guise of protest, that tried to tear down what New York City police officers did every day.

We tried to warn it must not go on, it shouldn't be tolerated. That blood on the hands starts at the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor."

NYC police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu

Tensions between de Blasio and police unions have steadily worsened since a grand jury decided not to issue an indictment for the July death of Eric Garner on Staten Island after an officer arresting him for a petty offense placed him in an apparent chokehold.

Race baiter, opportunist Al Sharpton commutes around the

U.S. inciting hatred, violence and should be held accountable

The PBA accused de Blasio of failing to show support, and the PBA sent a flier to its members urging them to sign a form letter telling him to stay away from their funerals if they were killed in the line of duty. Lynch did not take questions after his comments Saturday night and it was unclear whether there would be any effort to bar de Blasio from the two slain officers' funerals.

The disinvitation letter also applied to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, in a cop-killing vow posted on Instagram, cited the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

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