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NYPD union leader says anyone who questions the arrest of James Blake is 'un-American' [View all]
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/16/1421839/-NYPD-Police-Union-says-anyone-who-questions-the-arrest-of-James-Blake-is-un-AmericanFew things say more about the New York Police Department than the awful reality that officers voted for Patrick Lynch to be their spokesperson. They voluntarily pay his salary.
Even though Mayor Bill De Blasio and NYPD Commissioner William Bratton have both apologized for the wrongful assault and arrest of tennis star James Blake outside of his Manhattan hotel, the man who actually speaks for the police called those who question the arrest "un-American."...
You could create a nefarious fictional character who said outrageously despicable shit on a regular basis, even when it was completely and totally uncalled for. But if that character looked and sounded like Patrick Lynch, it would be called overkill. Yet this man is real—and makes it his job to say the worst thing at the worst time....
So, in other words, Lynch is suggesting that because the video of James Blake being bum rushed, mounted, and handcuffed doesn't have sound, we're un-American for being critical of it.
Even though Mayor Bill De Blasio and NYPD Commissioner William Bratton have both apologized for the wrongful assault and arrest of tennis star James Blake outside of his Manhattan hotel, the man who actually speaks for the police called those who question the arrest "un-American."...
You could create a nefarious fictional character who said outrageously despicable shit on a regular basis, even when it was completely and totally uncalled for. But if that character looked and sounded like Patrick Lynch, it would be called overkill. Yet this man is real—and makes it his job to say the worst thing at the worst time....
So, in other words, Lynch is suggesting that because the video of James Blake being bum rushed, mounted, and handcuffed doesn't have sound, we're un-American for being critical of it.
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