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Showing Original Post only (View all)A comment I posted to the NY Times reportage of the two murdered officers [View all]
Last edited Sun Dec 21, 2014, 07:30 PM - Edit history (2)
The text of a comment I posted to the NY Times' reportage on the murder of the two police officers:
Mark Kessinger
5 hours ago
I am thoroughly appalled and disgusted by Lynch's statement as well as some of the comments here suggesting that Mayor di Blasio bears any responsibility for the actions of some crazed gunman who hadmurdered shot his ex-girlfriend prior to killing the two officers, and then killed himself immediately after. Irrespective of what the gunman said in an Instagram message, clearly there was a lot going on with this guy that had nothing to do with the death of Eric Garner, and certainly had nothing to do with anything the Mayor said or didn't say. Neither the fear of police officers nor the rage over the failure to hold police accountable for the death of Eric Garner originated with the Mayor. In fact, by expressing a degree of empathy with the protesters' concerns, the mayor may have actually helped to ease tensions as compared to what they might have been had the Mayor taken the kind of belligerent tone embraced by the PBA. And the entire NYPD should be ashamed of the spectacle of fellow officers turning their backs to the mayor, effectively exploiting the tragic deaths of these two officer in service of trying to gain an upper hand in their disagreements with the Mayor. It was juvenile and disgusting.
5 hours ago
I am thoroughly appalled and disgusted by Lynch's statement as well as some of the comments here suggesting that Mayor di Blasio bears any responsibility for the actions of some crazed gunman who had
On edit: I have been advised that the gunman's attempt to kill his girlfriend was unsuccessful, thus, in the interest of accuracy, I have struck the word 'murdered' and have replaced it with the word 'shot.' I cannot edit my original comment in the NY Times, and thats why 'murdered' still appears, albeit as strikethrough text. In any case, the gunman's lack of success is not germane to the point I was making.
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A comment I posted to the NY Times reportage of the two murdered officers [View all]
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
OP
He did not murder his ex girlfriend. He shot her, but she is alive and expected to recover. nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#1
To many it will affect the import as they will (reasonably) question your knowledge of the basic
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#10
I did not find the OP judgy or patronizing, but I can see how some would. I simply thought
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#16
Wait, yout don''t agree that since R's do not know the basic facts of climate change, that we
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#41
Yep, things fly over my head all the time. Planes, stars, planets etc ........, why do you ask? nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#44
BS, I have never heard another union make threats as intimidating as these.
Live and Learn
Dec 2014
#58
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
GeorgeGist
Dec 2014
#3
I've been trying to find comments made after the RW domestic terrorists killed officers
blm
Dec 2014
#23
This is actually the first time I have read that the girlfriend was not actually murdered
Kalidurga
Dec 2014
#31
The problems with deBlasio and NYPD predate this shooting and are more complicated
Wella
Dec 2014
#48
I addressed some of this in another Times comment that I just posted . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#49
No, it's not, if you assume that the Baltimore gunman saw the Mayor's telecast, but
Wella
Dec 2014
#54
And how does attempting to kill his girlfriend, and then killing himself . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#56
Even if his primary motivation could be established to be killing cops . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#59
Mental illness, in many cases, does not impair executive functioning . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#63