NY Police Benevolent Association's response to Pantaleo firing misses the point completely

[Miles Archer]

DISCLAIMER:

My dad was a cop. My girlfriend's dad was a cop who went on to become chief of police. I grew up around cops, I have friends in the present day who are former cops. I am not anti-cop. I am vehemently against the actions of Pantaleo. Garner gasped "I CAN'T BREATHE" a dozen times while Pantaleo held him in the choke hold that ended his life. Pantaleo murdered Garner, without "just cause." This is not a matter of bowing to the pressure of “cop haters.” This is about a New York City police officer who is not fit for duty. Whatever charges may be brought against Pantaleo for his actions are another matter, but five years after Garner's murder, Pantaleo's termination is not a matter of bowing to the pressure of “cop haters."

The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York on Monday angrily attacked New York City Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill after he fired Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner by placing him in a choke hold in 2014.

In a statement released shortly after Pantaleo’s firing, NYC PBA President Patrick Lynch accused the commissioner of choosing “politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead.”

He then claimed O’Neill was bowing to the pressure of “cop haters” and said he had “opened the door for politicians to dictate the outcome of every single NYPD disciplinary proceeding.”

Lynch also predicted that morale at NYPD would completely fall apart because Lynch had followed the recommendation of an administrative judge who said that Pantaleo should be fired for his role in Garner’s death.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/nyc-police-union-lashes-out-at-commissioner-and-cop-haters-after-firing-of-officer-who-killed-eric-garner/

[RainCaster]

1. There is nothing "benevolent" about that union!

If they see Pantaleo as a model officer, there is something very fucked up about their thinking.

[Miles Archer]

2. If they predict a drop in morale as the result of his firing, that's pretty messed up too.

This is an exception to the rules. Garner wasn't armed, I didn't see any evidence that he was a danger to himself or others. You don't choke a man to death because you're wearing a badge, and "can."

[LiberalFighter]

5. They don't want to consider themselves a union.

Hence their use of the word association.

[msongs]

3. call us when the benevolents purge their ranks of criminals in uniform. nt

[Downtown Hound]

4. Any organization that feels the need to put the word "benevolent" in their name

Is probably anything but.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick