On December 20, New York City suffered an incredible tragedy: Depraved, cowardly madman Ismaaiyl Brinsley murdered NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. There is not a scintilla of justification for Brinsley's actions, and it shall always be a sad chapter of our city's history.
However, what has concerned me and many others is that some folks are attempting to coopt this tragedy to slander the Black Lives Matter movement and quash any attempt at reforms or accountability. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch (no relation to me) was quick to blame seemingly all critics of law enforcement when he declared, "There's blood on many hands tonight." He then called for an end to the Black Lives Matter movement when he said, "It must not go on, it cannot be tolerated."
Fraternal Order of Police national president Chuck Canterbury gave a similar response, imploring us to end criticism of law enforcement officers and regard their work as performed perfectly: "Enough is enough. There's nothing wrong with the way cops do their jobs that won't be fixed when politicians suck it up and attack the problems that breed poverty and crime." (Granted, I give him props for that last part.)
The editorial board at the New York Post also came down hard on demonstrators and critics of law enforcement in reaction to the two murdered officers:
On December 20, New York City suffered an incredible tragedy: Depraved, cowardly madman Ismaaiyl Brinsley murdered NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. There is not a scintilla of justification for Brinsley's actions, and it shall always be a sad chapter of our city's history.
However, what has concerned me and many others is that some folks are attempting to coopt this tragedy to slander the Black Lives Matter movement and quash any attempt at reforms or accountability. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch (no relation to me) was quick to blame seemingly all critics of law enforcement when he declared, "There's blood on many hands tonight." He then called for an end to the Black Lives Matter movement when he said, "It must not go on, it cannot be tolerated."
Fraternal Order of Police national president Chuck Canterbury gave a similar response, imploring us to end criticism of law enforcement officers and regard their work as performed perfectly: "Enough is enough. There's nothing wrong with the way cops do their jobs that won't be fixed when politicians suck it up and attack the problems that breed poverty and crime." (Granted, I give him props for that last part.)
The editorial board at the New York Post also came down hard on demonstrators and critics of law enforcement in reaction to the two murdered officers:
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On December 20, New York City suffered an incredible tragedy: Depraved, cowardly madman Ismaaiyl Brinsley murdered NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. There is not a scintilla of justification for Brinsley's actions, and it shall always be a sad chapter of our city's history.
However, what has concerned me and many others is that some folks are attempting to coopt this tragedy to slander the Black Lives Matter movement and quash any attempt at reforms or accountability. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch (no relation to me) was quick to blame seemingly all critics of law enforcement when he declared, "There's blood on many hands tonight." He then called for an end to the Black Lives Matter movement when he said, "It must not go on, it cannot be tolerated."
Fraternal Order of Police national president Chuck Canterbury gave a similar response, imploring us to end criticism of law enforcement officers and regard their work as performed perfectly: "Enough is enough. There's nothing wrong with the way cops do their jobs that won't be fixed when politicians suck it up and attack the problems that breed poverty and crime." (Granted, I give him props for that last part.)
The editorial board at the New York Post also came down hard on demonstrators and critics of law enforcement in reaction to the two murdered officers:
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