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In reply to the discussion: A comment I posted to the NY Times reportage of the two murdered officers [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)9. The PBA comments were grotesque and sickeningly callous.
A crazy person shoots a woman and two cops, and they immediately slot into a narrative about the Mayor and their outrage that he would dare suggest choking an innocent man to death with an illegal maneuver requires re-training?
Worst possible thing they could have said. And it feeds into a perception that it is cops in general, not the bad apples, who are the problem.
If THIS is their culture -- to cheaply exploit the still-warm bodies of their fallen brothers in a spite-fight with De Blasio -- then the people saying the entire structure of American law enforcement is broken are RIGHT.
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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