Retired Philly police officers apologize for fund-raising effort blaming George Floyd for his...

[DonViejo]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer


Retired Philly police officers apologize for fund-raising effort blaming George Floyd for his own death

by Chris Brennan
Published 2 hours ago

A group of retired Philadelphia police officers apologized Friday for a Thursday fund-raising email that blamed George Floyd for his own death and claimed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on “trial for a murder he did not commit”

Protect Our Police PAC said it fired a national marketing firm that sent the plea for donations, calling it “tactless messaging” that “does not reflect the values or views” of the group.

“Chauvin’s actions were examples of bad policing and poor training that directly caused George Floyd’s death, in my opinion” Protect Our Police President Nick Gerace said in an email. “The kind of messaging and innuendo included in that single email is not in line with our mission and I vehemently denounce it.”

The group was launched last year to challenge Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s bid for a second term this year and to support candidates around the country seen as pro-police.

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-protect-our-police-george-floyd-district-attorney-larry-krasner-carlos-vega-20210402.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. They hate Krasner with a passion

There had been so much money spent by the city on settlements for wrongful arrests and all kinds of other civil rights violations in cahoots with the criminal cabal in the DA's office...

And now with Krasner cleaning out the place, they're whining because planting of evidence and railroading innocent members of the public in order to secure a conviction and make it look like someone is "tough on crime", is no longer the default mode of operation.

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. I sort of feel this is insincere. Usually, your first reaction to something is your belief

After that, unless there is a radical change in perception, it's just a flag adjusting to the change in wind direction.

Look at "changing positions and beliefs" with both eyes and with extreme caution.

[Grins]

4. Yes.

Blaming Floyd’s death on “bad policing” and “bad TRAINING” when it was a bad “COP”! And supposedly “good cops” did nothing.

[stillcool]

3. vile...

makes me want to just kneel on someones neck. Can they make it worse? Why, yes, yes they can.

[abqtommy]

5. Retired police officers that apologize are good, but retired police officers that DON'T

HAVE TO APOLOGIZE are much, much BETTER!

[BobTheSubgenius]

6. Excellent observation!

[maliaSmith]

7. whining cops

You're sorry you got caught and sorry you attacked George for his own murder by Chauvin. We all saw the murder and it was blatant murder by a rogue cop. Not buying it.