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In reply to the discussion: 'DE BLASIO, OUR BACKS HAVE TURNED TO YOU' Cold war between NYPD cops, de Blasio takes to skies [View all]liberalmuse
(18,838 posts)128. "Public Servants" my ass.
More like racist, jackbooted thugs and brownshirts who think they can kill at will (because they can, truthfully). As if cops like this haven't already earned enough contempt. Good cops were shot down in cold blood, and the bad ones are out in full force, pissing on their graves.
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'DE BLASIO, OUR BACKS HAVE TURNED TO YOU' Cold war between NYPD cops, de Blasio takes to skies [View all]
1step
Dec 2014
OP
Police officers need to be told by their superiors that they have to respect civil authority
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#18
with their backs turned at least they cannot murder anyone standing in front of them nt
msongs
Dec 2014
#2
The cops are acting like spoiled rotten brats who have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#3
Your broad generalizations about hundreds of thousands of police officers nationwide
branford
Dec 2014
#67
This is beginning to sound like a banana republic situation...open contempt for civilian authority..
First Speaker
Dec 2014
#12
You can imagine how they react if a mere civilian nobody is disrespectful to them.
arcane1
Dec 2014
#14
Do you feel the same way about all politically active retired public employees?
branford
Dec 2014
#24
No, lawyer man, I feel that way about all people who are fundamentally incapable of gratitude
BeyondGeography
Dec 2014
#26
I'll then save your post for next time we discuss issues concerning active and retired teachers,
branford
Dec 2014
#30
Read about the mayor's current polling and trends as he approaches just one year in office.
branford
Dec 2014
#38
I've said this before and will again now...my son and all his Ivy league educated friends
adigal
Dec 2014
#42
That's pretty good given the pounding he's been getting from the PBA and their tabloid lackeys
BeyondGeography
Dec 2014
#121
I only look if I see a nasty post to see if it's an aberration. Not sure what's up there...
freshwest
Dec 2014
#107
Do you realize that that the PBA is currently involved in contract negotiations
branford
Dec 2014
#33
I haven't heard the residents of the Pink Houses asking for more cops recently. nt
adigal
Dec 2014
#43
First, the Pink Houses do not necessarily represent the over 8+ million residents of NYC.
branford
Dec 2014
#51
Because when a teacher has an affair with a kid, the school gets them the hell out
adigal
Dec 2014
#80
If you are referring to people from all races and classes demanding more police protection,
branford
Dec 2014
#66
"We obviously have a problem we need to deal with. How can we be a part of the solution?"
Cha
Dec 2014
#104
In fairness, a great deal of police pay is expected overtime, benefits are excellent,
branford
Dec 2014
#61
So do teachers, school custodians, and a plethora of other NYC public employees.
branford
Dec 2014
#132
well him standing up for humanity and compassion trumps the 'fascist', "our way or nothing",
heaven05
Dec 2014
#34
I would be so disheartened and then pissed, Raine. :( Like I am now.. only not in person.
Cha
Dec 2014
#105
Fuck the police. Although that protest before the cops' burial was fucked up. But they paid for ad.
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2014
#39
Is it true the NY Legislature just passed bill taking police misconduct cases out of mayors hands
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2014
#50
That would certainly be lawful and permissible so long as paid for with private funds. nt
branford
Dec 2014
#63
This is not about DeBlasio's culpability for murder. It's about RW propaganda vs. a Dem Mayor of NYC
merrily
Dec 2014
#81
Are you actually advocating that all white police officers, numbering in the thousands,
branford
Dec 2014
#134
So, you do advocate that all white police officers in the NYPD should be summarily terminated
branford
Dec 2014
#141
The mayor appointed the current chief and can appoint a replacement if he chooses.
Calista241
Dec 2014
#96
Those of Us With Guns Must ALWAYS Be Subordinate To the Civilian Authority
Ryan Fitzomething
Dec 2014
#103
The police are not the military, and political opposition is not mutiny or insubordination.
branford
Dec 2014
#106