NYPD Throws Public Tantrum at Funeral

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Do any of the cops who participated in this ugly public tantrum understand how crass and unsympathetic it makes them look? Police Outside Cop Funeral Turn Backs on NYC Mayor.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of officers outside the church where a funeral was held for a policeman killed along with his partner in an ambush shooting turned their backs on the mayor as he spoke during Saturday’s service.

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1 Kryptik  Dec 27, 2014 11:19:51am

Petulance masquerading as principle.

2 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 27, 2014 11:20:12am

When they did that they turned their backs on all of us.

3 Kryptik  Dec 27, 2014 11:21:10am

re: #2 Rightwingconspirator

To be fair, they were showing their asses to us long before the non-indictment came in.

4 unproven innocence  Dec 27, 2014 11:21:21am

Obliviously, they don’t give a shit about the optics.

5 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 27, 2014 11:24:00am

They’ve shown disrespect to their fallen comrades.

6 lawhawk  Dec 27, 2014 11:24:18am

This isn’t about optics or that many New Yorkers will see the NYPD acting as petulant and disrespectful of the Mayor who governs the entire city, not just malcontents at the PBA.

This is about trying to force the mayor to concede higher wages in ongoing contract talks. They think this confrontational style will somehow yield concessions by the mayor on the latest round of talks.

7 Targetpractice  Dec 27, 2014 11:24:27am

And this, of course, after the mayor asked that all protests be put on hold out of respect for the fallen officers. So this is not simply a petty display, it’s a disrespectful one.

8 Kryptik  Dec 27, 2014 11:25:24am

re: #4 unproven innocence

They know they probably have a floor of support from those who believe the police can do no wrong, bolstered by support from those who believe the police can do no wrong (long as its done to the Blahs and brown folks).

9 Charles Johnson  Dec 27, 2014 11:25:36am
10 Iwouldprefernotto  Dec 27, 2014 11:25:43am

Do any of the cops who participated in this ugly public tantrum understand how crass and unsympathetic it makes them look? NO.

11 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 27, 2014 11:27:47am

re: #9 Charles Johnson

Funny how I’ve heard of Charles Johnson but never of “Nick Searcy”.

;)

12 jaunte  Dec 27, 2014 11:36:37am
This is as famous as you get

Now there’s a rich nugget of projection.

13 BroncD  Dec 27, 2014 11:38:12am

Nick Searcy thinks he’s famous because Adam Baldwin knows who he is. Chew on that for a second.

14 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 11:42:39am

re: #11 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Funny how I’ve heard of Charles Johnson but never of “Nick Searcy”.

;)

He’s on Justified, speaking of, need to get back to rewatching the series before the final season starts up in January.

15 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Dec 27, 2014 11:43:46am

re: #14 Timothy Watson

Never heard of it either.

16 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 27, 2014 11:44:14am

I just hate it when an actor from a show I really have enjoyed proves to be contemptible. Well he’s far from being the star of Justified. Which stars Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. 2 primetime emmys. Showcased Margo Martindale to perfection. Damn. #ShutupSearcy

17 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 11:45:34am

re: #15 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, based on characters from Elmore Leonard:
en.wikipedia.org

18 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 11:49:44am

Interesting thing is that Goggins is pretty liberal:

GOGGINS: On some level, but I never believed that Boyd Crowder was a white supremacist, to be quite honest with you. In my conversations with both the network and with Graham Yost, our executive producer, and Tim Olyphant, it was very important for me as an actor not to play this guy as a white supremacist but to play him as a bit of a svengali: a person who doesn’t necessarily believe all that he espouses.

You know, I’ve made four Southern movies. I’ve been in quite a few Southern films. And initially, when this was sent to me, I wasn’t interested in playing another Southern guy labeled as a racist.

You know, I think racism is a problem throughout our country, and it’s not confined to those states below the Mason-Dixon line. And for me, I did not want to perpetuate a stereotype. So I had them take out references to our president, Barack Obama, and I wouldn’t say the N-word, and I said I would do this if Raylan was able to point out that Boyd doesn’t necessarily believe that which he is saying, and that was very important to me.

[…]

GROSS: What was it like to, like, have a swastika tattoo and, you know, spout all that Christian Identity religion stuff? I mean, the Christian Identity movement that believes Jews are the mud people.

GOGGINS: Yeah, it was - you know, honestly, it was awful. It really was. A lot of my friends at FX are - one gentleman in particular, Eric Schrier, is Jewish, and we did a table reading of this script. And I had to say that monologue and immediately after felt like I had to say: I’m sorry. I don’t believe any of this. Everyone in the room, I have - my best friends are Jewish.

It was - no, it was really - it’s difficult, and it’s difficult to have a swastika on your arm, you know. And I actually wore it home. I didn’t let them take it off. So I kept it with me during the process of filming the pilot episode. And there were…

wbur.org

19 allegro  Dec 27, 2014 11:50:06am

re: #16 Rightwingconspirator

I just hate it when an actor from a show I really have enjoyed proves to be contemptible. Well he’s far from being the star of Justified. Which stars Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. 2 primetime emmys. Showcased Margo Martindale to perfection. Damn. #ShutupSearcy

Whoa, what amazing timing. I’ve been watching Dexter the past couple of days and was watching a scene with Margo Martindale just as you posted that.

20 Charles Johnson  Dec 27, 2014 11:50:37am
21 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 11:51:11am

Also:

As far as politics are concerned Walton has been active in the Democratic Party, and in the 2008 presidential election, he campaigned for Senator Barack Obama, going door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. He is also known to be a fan of the work of former President Jimmy Carter (from his home state of Georgia). He is also active in various non-profit organizations that range from environmental to humanitarian work. He is a regular at GLOBAL GREEN USA events and activities. He connected to environmental issues through his wife, Nadia Conners, who directed the documentary The 11th Hour about the environmental crisis.

walton-goggins.com

22 Sophist -- Missouri Goddamn  Dec 27, 2014 11:55:00am

The way the deaths of these officers are being exploited is so crass and cynical it makes me sick. The mayor has nothing to do with them, and everyone involved fucking knows it. But they want extra leverage in their negotiations and an excuse to stop talking about inconvenient dead black people, so here we are.

Disgusting. Absolutely and abjectly disgusting.

23 Randall Gross  Dec 27, 2014 11:55:52am

Who is nick searcy, and why are we tweeting about him?

24 Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 27, 2014 11:56:53am

Who knew Training a Day was a documentary?

25 jaunte  Dec 27, 2014 11:59:29am

re: #23 Randall Gross

Known for this TV trope:

“…The Cowboy Cop’s eternally put-upon superior. Always strict and by-the-book. Can be comfortably relied upon to give a good McCloud Speech, say that You Have 48 Hours or demand that you Turn in Your Badge, usually at the top of his formidable voice. Frequently worried that the mayor or district attorney will have his ass (and pension) for whatever destruction was caused. Will occasionally prove to have a heart by giving his men an inspirational speech. Can frequently be relied on to be the police department equivalent of A Father to His Men.”
tvtropes.org

26 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 27, 2014 12:00:57pm

re: #22 Sophist — Missouri Goddamn

It is not a discussion, or even an argument, it has degenerated into a public shouting match.

27 Charles Johnson  Dec 27, 2014 12:04:02pm

re: #25 jaunte

It’s actually the weakest character in the show - a total cliché.

28 ObserverArt  Dec 27, 2014 12:06:05pm

In the previous page Targetpractice had posted:

That’s the current argument, that by not kissing the NYPD’s ass, De Blasio promoted “police hatred.”

I commented (and it fits this thread):

If you ask me (and nobody does!) that argument is just a tool to excuse the police acts and the real hatred for people of color.

De Blasio is just a crucible to channel the hate for the real target…black people that are causing all these problems for the police. If ‘they’ just didn’t act up all the time, then the police wouldn’t be getting so frustrated and going too far. ‘They’ bring it all on themselves and De Blasio is excusing it and blaming the police.

De Blasio might just as well be a Black man. Right now he is a stand in. The police are turning their backs on people of color and those that are in support. They are turning their backs on all of us.

I missed a new thread had opened. Sorry.

29 makeitstop  Dec 27, 2014 12:06:20pm

re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It is not a discussion, or even an argument, it has degenerated into a public shouting match.

Again - a threat, not a statement. If. NYPD didn’t have the uniform, they’d be common extortionists and the NYPD would arrest them.

30 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 27, 2014 12:06:33pm

re: #11 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Funny how I’ve heard of Charles Johnson but never of “Nick Searcy”.

;)

Searcy haz a Peabody Award, so SHUT UP!!11!!

31 Randall Gross  Dec 27, 2014 12:14:10pm

re: #25 jaunte

Oh, it’s the chrome dome version of the crusty yet benign….

32 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 27, 2014 12:14:18pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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Who does he think he is? Putin???

LOLOLOLOL

33 Kid A  Dec 27, 2014 12:15:38pm

I tweeted to Nick that he was fat and I got blocked.

34 jaunte  Dec 27, 2014 12:16:29pm
You’ll never look this good, dipshit!
35 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 12:18:44pm

Looking for some heavy duty alligator clips on Amazon and none of them say how the damn wires connect to the clips.

36 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 27, 2014 12:19:54pm
37 Timothy Watson  Dec 27, 2014 12:26:27pm

Speaking of Justified, Lindsey (that annoying blonde bartender) has to be the worst character ever on the show.

38 unproven innocence  Dec 27, 2014 12:33:19pm

re: #35 Timothy Watson

Looking for some heavy duty alligator clips on Amazon and none of them say how the damn wires connect to the clips.

(OT) Unless the clips are very large (as for a car battery), a bit of solder applied with a 30-40W soldering pencil is ideal. For a massive clip you may need a torch or a bigger soldering tool. For attachment without solder, clips typically are made with “fold-down” tabs that you can mash onto wires using pliers.

39 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 27, 2014 12:36:24pm

re: #37 Timothy Watson

40 team_fukit  Dec 27, 2014 12:36:25pm

re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth

NYPD is trapped in a thin blue bubble.

41 Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 27, 2014 12:37:30pm

I needed a good laugh right about now.
This did it:

42 Charles Johnson  Dec 27, 2014 12:40:23pm

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43 psddluva4evah  Dec 27, 2014 12:52:06pm

Ugh. The police union single handedly turned the attention from the slain officer’s family grief to the assholishness of police union.

Anyway, I’m trying to catch up on my DVR viewing. I’m like WAY behind, but OMG!!! how’d I miss this! Nobody told me SHELDON SAID I LOVE YOU TO AMY!!!!

The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon says I love you to Amy [complete] (season 8/subtitulado)

44 GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 27, 2014 12:57:39pm

Well. Those cops are Crass and unsympathetic.

45 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:06:13pm

Just back from Urgent Care. Kid and I both have Sinus Infections —secondary to the Flu. We are over the flu for the most part. Both of us got Prednisone and …

Doc felt his body was doing a good job of fighting the infection and said he should take antibiotics in 48 hours if he felt better.

Me, I definitely need antibiotics right now. Augmentin -higher dose.

Yes, welcome to my world. A life time of chronic sinusitis, allergies and sinus infections. I’m very happy about the Prednisone. It is soooo helpful. Doctors often don’t want to prescribe it.

46 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 27, 2014 1:07:39pm
47 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:08:00pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

I needed a good laugh right about now.
This did it:

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too good not to share

48 Higgs Boson's Mate  Dec 27, 2014 1:11:51pm

re: #35 Timothy Watson

Looking for some heavy duty alligator clips on Amazon and none of them say how the damn wires connect to the clips.

If you’re looking to push some amperage across them then you might be better off taking a look at Mueller Electric. They invented the alligator clip and they have a huge selection rated by type, amperage, connection, etc. The cheapo ones will fry pretty easily if you push much current acoss them.

49 Amory Blaine  Dec 27, 2014 1:14:40pm

My alligator clips all have feathers on them.

50 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:14:49pm

re: #48 Higgs Boson’s Mate

If you’re looking to push some amperage across them then you might be better off taking a look at Mueller Electric. They invented the alligator clip and they have a huge selection rated by type, amperage, connection, etc. The cheapo ones will fry pretty easily if you push much current acoss them.

I only know one use for alligator clips.

:)

51 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:16:06pm

Kid and I sat in the waiting room at Urgent Care and talked about the weird dreams we had when we had the high fever from the flu.

Strange bonding.

52 b_sharp  Dec 27, 2014 1:17:49pm

re: #50 FemNaziBitch

I only know one use for alligator clips.

:)

TMI.

We don’t need to know what games you play.

53 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:17:49pm

So freaking true:

54 urbanmeemaw  Dec 27, 2014 1:18:22pm

re: #45 FemNaziBitch

I hope you and your child feel better soon! Lots of “stuff” going around it seems.

55 Rightwingconspirator  Dec 27, 2014 1:19:39pm

Guilty pleasure of the day-Twitter snarking at Nick Searcy.

56 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:19:44pm

re: #54 urbanmeemaw

I hope you and your child feel better soon! Lots of “stuff” going around it seems.

OMG, I think the people in the waiting room had every possible combination and variation of illness. There is a wide range between flu and cold.

57 psddluva4evah  Dec 27, 2014 1:22:12pm

Watching old episodes of Roseanne and I don’t know who remembers, but she had that one daughter to was dating that one really douchey guy. Who I supposed to be a “rebel” I guess.

Man, I’m feeling like an old lady right now cause I can’t bring myself to even laugh at the episode cause the guy was so disrepectful to the Conners and don’t even get me started on the daughter…ugh.

I know, I know, it’s a tv show, but geez, I had the same problem with the last Transformers movie with Mark Walhberg (among other problems). Mark played the father of the hot chick-Megan Fox-replacment. The boyfriend in that movie just was so disrepectful to the father of his girlfriend, that I swear, it pissed me off more than the crappiness of the movie itself.

Ugh, does that mean I’m becoming that old “get off my lawn” person? Shoot I”m only 38 and not 40 YET!

58 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:27:20pm

re: #57 psddluva4evah

Watching old episodes of Roseanne and I don’t know who remembers, but she had that one daughter to was dating that one really douchey guy. Who I supposed to be a “rebel” I guess.

Man, I’m feeling like an old lady right now cause I can’t bring myself to even laugh at the episode cause the guy was so disrepectful to the Conners and don’t even get me started on the daughter…ugh.

I know, I know, it’s a tv show, but geez, I had the same problem with the last Transformers movie with Mark Walhberg (among other problems). Mark played the father of the hot chick-Megan Fox-replacment. The boyfriend in that movie just was so disrepectful to the father of his girlfriend, that I swear, it pissed me off more than the crappiness of the movie itself.

Ugh, does that mean I’m becoming that old “get off my lawn” person? Shoot I”m only 38 and not 40 YET!

First, go directly to your TV remote, do not pass go or the refridgerator and BLOCK FOX TV.

Make sure there is no way you can accidentally view the propaganda.

Secondly, Start reading modern, Science Fiction. The weirder the better.

Report back at least daily to your fellow Lizards. WE don’t have regular meetings, but many of us are recovering Right-Wingers. We will tell you what our life was like, what happened and what is like now. We do not judge nor gossip.

YMMV

59 b_sharp  Dec 27, 2014 1:28:47pm

re: #57 psddluva4evah

Watching old episodes of Roseanne and I don’t know who remembers, but she had that one daughter to was dating that one really douchey guy. Who I supposed to be a “rebel” I guess.

Man, I’m feeling like an old lady right now cause I can’t bring myself to even laugh at the episode cause the guy was so disrepectful to the Conners and don’t even get me started on the daughter…ugh.

I know, I know, it’s a tv show, but geez, I had the same problem with the last Transformers movie with Mark Walhberg (among other problems). Mark played the father of the hot chick-Megan Fox-replacment. The boyfriend in that movie just was so disrepectful to the father of his girlfriend, that I swear, it pissed me off more than the crappiness of the movie itself.

Ugh, does that mean I’m becoming that old “get off my lawn” person? Shoot I”m only 38 and not 40 YET!

Yes.

60 Swift2991  Dec 27, 2014 1:29:32pm

Looks like the doings of a street gang.

61 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 1:33:56pm

re: #59 b_sharp

Yes.

I’ve found that when young people (or anyone considered less-than) speaks frankly and honestly to an older person, it is considered disrespect or worse (eeek) a challenge.

No, it’s that young people finally have the freedom to be themselves.

If they swear or use body language that bothers you, call them on it. There is no reason each side cannot set boundries for communications. It’s part of being an adult.

IMHO, it’s the adult’s job to mentor young people on this stuff.

I guess I don’t have the right to demand respect simply because of my age. I work to earn it especially from younger people.

As I said earlier, I will need people to bring me chocolate in the Nursing Home.

62 Jenner7  Dec 27, 2014 1:34:46pm

re: #45 FemNaziBitch

Hope you two feel better soon!

63 Jenner7  Dec 27, 2014 1:39:30pm

re: #57 psddluva4evah

Roseanne is one of my favorite shows. I watch everyday on WE TV. The guy who played the”rebel” was Glenn Quinn. He died in 2002, from drug overdose, I believe.

64 psddluva4evah  Dec 27, 2014 1:41:29pm

re: #63 Jenner7

aww damn. did he really. I actually liked the character of Mark after Becky had grown up. But yeah when he first came on the show, I didn’t like him at all.

65 A Cranky One  Dec 27, 2014 1:55:47pm

re: #57 psddluva4evah

You non-kids get on my lawn!!!

66 A Cranky One  Dec 27, 2014 1:56:34pm

And don’t forget to bring the cooler of beer!

67 FemNaziBitch  Dec 27, 2014 2:14:58pm

Black Women Rock:
Pregnant woman blasts anti-abortion protesters outside a clinic in London


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