Former LAPD commander has no regrets about taking a knee with George Floyd protesters:

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'I would never undo it'

Despite receiving hate mail from his fellow officers, former Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Cory Palka says he has no regrets about his decision last year to take a knee with protesters following the death of George Floyd.

“It was one of the better moments of leadership in my career,” Palka told Yahoo News. “To stand with our community in solidarity. I would never undo it. It was a great moment.”

The decision to pay tribute to Floyd and those demonstrating against his brutal killing beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer occurred on the spur of the moment, Palka said. Late in the afternoon on June 1, 2020, a massive crowd of agitated protesters had assembled outside the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. With a citywide 6 p.m. curfew looming and orders to break up the demonstration, hundreds of police officers were deployed to the scene.

“The city was at a tipping point. The city was in crisis,” said Palka, a 34-year veteran of the LAPD who decided that the best way to defuse the threat of violence was to talk with the protesters.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-lapd-commander-has-no-regrets-about-taking-a-knee-with-george-floyd-protesters-i-would-never-undo-it-002834180.html

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1. K&R,

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2. Leadership and courage wins the day.