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Logical

(22,457 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 06:27 PM Sep 2015

Wow is James Blake a class act!!!

The statement below shows that he gets it. He got an apology ONLY because he is a celebrity. You or I or 99% of the people in NYC would of gotten no apology. How many times a week does this happen to an average citizen that has no media attention. And the NYPD does not punish cops except to give the paid time off.

I hope this incident changes how the NYPD starts handling police abuse cases.

Thanks James Blake!!!

"I'm lucky to be in the position I'm in to get a phone call myself from Mayor DeBlasio to say I'm sorry, that's really nice," he said. "But I've also spoken to a lot of people these past few days who have a had similar situations happen to them, got emails from people saying it's happened to them, their brother, their father, their sister — and those are the people that deserve to get apologized to."

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Wow is James Blake a class act!!! (Original Post) Logical Sep 2015 OP
I have always liked him. MuseRider Sep 2015 #1

MuseRider

(34,108 posts)
1. I have always liked him.
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 06:54 PM
Sep 2015

Loved watching him play tennis. Other than that I know very little about him but he seems to be a really good human.

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