re: #4 lawhawk

Who does the NYPD answer to? This police union? Or to the civilian political elected leaders of the City of New York. Pat Lynch appears mistaken on who is in charge and who sets policy.

And that is to the detriment of everyone who lives and works in the City.

The cop killer acted alone. He claimed many a thing, but was a criminal long before Eric Garner or Michael Brown or John Crawford or Tamir Rice entered the conversation. He had a lengthy arrest record, and had shot and attempted to kill his girlfriend earlier in the day.

Justice. Only Justice Shalt Thou Pursue. It’s not empty words, and yet the police don’t think that justice applies to them just as equally as it does to those that wish to do others harm.

Considering the story of a cop who’s first action after an accidental shooting was to text his union rep, I’m getting the feeling that the departments feel more beholden to Lynch than they do de Blasio. Which is a very unsettling situation, when an unelected jackass holds more sway over the law enforcement community in a major city than the highest elected official.