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NYC’s Police-Union Leaders

artappraiser — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:26:13 +0000

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NYC’s Police-Union Leaders Are Unhinged

Finally a reporter brave enough to call this out. Kudos to ⁦@zakcheneyrice⁩ ⁦@NYMag⁩. https://t.co/9zhOJtn84M
— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) February 11, 2020

Gunman Storms N.Y.P.D.

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:56:06 +0000

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Gunman Storms N.Y.P.D. Precinct After Firing at Police Van, Wounding 2

The police commissioner called the Bronx rampage an “assassination attempt,” and a backlash grew over anti-police protests.

By Ali Watkins, Elisha Brown and Katie Van Sycle @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 9, 2020

He first shot at two police officers in a van after having asked them for directions.

Then, less than 12 hours later, the police said, the man entered a precinct in the Bronx and began shooting, hitting one officer and injuring another, while sending others scrambling for cover.

By the end of the rampage on Sunday morning, two officers were wounded and a third was injured, and the department was shaken. For some, the shootings echoed previous deadly attacks on officers, including a 2014 assassination of two officers in Brooklyn who were killed as they sat in a patrol car.

“This is not a crime gone bad. This is not a liquor store robbery interrupted,” said Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on Sunday. “This is a premeditated assassination attempt.”

The shooting spree touched off a political firestorm about policing in New York, bringing into question the circumstances that allowed the man, whom two police officials identified as Robert Williams, to attack the officers. Mr. Williams, 45, has a lengthy criminal history and was out on parole after a conviction for attempted murder, stemming from a 2002 incident where he engaged in a gun battle with officers, the police said.

On Twitter, President Trump blamed the governor and the mayor — “weak leadership” — for being too soft on crime; the officers’ union blamed Democratic state legislators for enacting changes to several criminal justice laws; and Commissioner Shea and the mayor blamed activists who had recently protested increased police presence in the subway.

“Anyone who spews hatred at our officers is aiding and abetting this kind of atmosphere. It’s not acceptable,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “You can protest whatever for whatever you believe in, but you cannot vilely attack those who are here to protect us. It creates this kind of dynamic.”

Local officials provided no evidence to support their argument that the recent protests played a role in the rampage, and it is unclear if politics motivated the shooter in any way. The police have not yet determined if Mr. Williams, who was paroled in 2017, long before the recent changes to several state criminal justice laws were implemented, was connected to a protest group, one law enforcement official said.

Mary Williams, Mr. Williams’s grandmother, said her grandson has been withdrawn since the death of his only son, Robert Williams Jr., about two years ago. “He had one son. He was 18, he was getting ready to go to college upstate, and somebody shot him in the street and killed him,” said Ms. Williams, 80. “He never got over it.” [....]

DEA President Paul DiGiacomo

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 23:30:26 +0000

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DEA President Paul DiGiacomo and fellow DEA members are at Lincoln Hospital now in the Bronx standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our brother officers who were shot and injured during assassination attempts within 12 hours of each other. https://t.co/xKmYF5m2nF
— Detectives' Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) February 9, 2020

rut roh, approx. 12,000 blue

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:58:58 +0000

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rut roh, approx. 12,000 blue line unhappy campers, mad as hell and not gonna take DeBlasio anymore:

Mayor DeBlasio, the members of the NYPD are declaring war on you! We do not respect you, DO NOT visit us in hospitals. You sold the NYPD to the vile creatures, the 1% who hate cops but vote for you. NYPD cops have been assassinated because of you. This isn’t over, Game on! https://t.co/XyruPraM9T
— SBA (@SBANYPD) February 9, 2020

President Trump is 100% correct. NYS & NYC need the support of the Department of Justice. Criminals are being released, it’s time we prosecute in Federal Court. The Mayor is ruining NYC, cops have been stopped from doing their jobs. NYC is under siege. Send in the Feds https://t.co/OuOtwG5h7H
— SBA (@SBANYPD) February 9, 2020

kind of confusing what's been

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:00:41 +0000

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kind of confusing what's been going on as16 hours ago:

Officers released pictures of the suspect of the first incident before the second shooting happened.

The @nypd is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the male depicted in these photos for questioning in regard to the shooting of a NYPD Police Officer in the area of Simpson Street and Barreto Street in the Bronx. pic.twitter.com/HeI5fOovfO
— Chief Rodney Harrison (@NYPDDetectives) February 9, 2020