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NYPD Turns Back to Mayor
Believing City Hall has betrayed them, cops demonstrated their anger Saturday by turning their backs on Mayor de Blasio as he entered a Brooklyn hospital to pay his respects to two murdered officers.
A startling video shows a hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with officers silently facing away from de Blasio as he walks a blue gantlet.
The demonstration, captured by WPIX11 News, included the presidents of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and the Sergeants Benevolent Association.
“Mayor de Blasio, the blood of these two officers is clearly on your hands,” Ed Mullins, president of the sergeants association, said in a statement to his union members Saturday night.
“It is your failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur,” he said. “I only hope and pray that more of these ambushes and executions do not happen again.”
WPIXA hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with cops showing de Blasio their back sides as he walks a blue gauntlet is shown in a video captured by WPIX11 News.
Patrick Lynch, head of the PBA, echoed Mullins’ anger at the mayor.
“That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor,” Lynch said in statement. “When these funerals are over, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable.”
He added that the blame also goes to “those who incited violence on the street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what NYC police officers did every day.”
“We tried to warn,” Lynch said. “It must not go on. It cannot be tolerated.”
SUSAN WATTS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins said it was Mayor de Blasio's 'failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur.'
Former Gov. George Pataki also lashed out against the mayor, claiming the cops’ deaths were a “predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordiblasio.”
Shortly after the officers were killed, a MoveOn.org petition was formed demanding de Blasio’s ouster.
“NYC residents demand the exit of Mayor Bill DeBlasio after 2 NYPD officers were shot and killed today 12/20/14,” wrote the petitioners, who identified themselves as “The People of NYC.” The petitioners said de Blasio was “unfit to lead this city” and “unfit to have a relationship with his police department.”
“Accountability for his actions and words MUST be handed down,” they wrote, demanding, “proper protocol to be followed to name a replacement before a special election.”
More than 34,000 people had signed the petition by early Sunday.
Despite the protests at Woodhull Hospital and online, an emotional de Blasio praised the slain officers, Rafael Ramos, 40, and Wenjian Liu, 32, for making the ultimate sacrifice.
“These officers were shot execution-style, (a) particularly despicable act, which goes to the very heart of our society and democracy,” de Blasio said. “When a police officer is murdered, it tears at the foundation of our society. It is an attack on all of us. It’s an attack on everything we hold dear.
“We depend on our police to protect us against forces of criminality and evil,” the mayor said. “They are a foundation of our society, and when they are attacked, it is an attack on the very concept of decency. Therefore, every New Yorker should feel they, too, were attacked. Our entire city was attacked by this heinous individual.”
The police unions have been ticked off because they don’t think de Blasio has given them sufficient support after a Staten Island grand jury opted not to indict a cop in Eric Garner’s July 17 chokehold death.
“Ever since this mayor took office there has been a sense of lawlessness that is rampant in every borough,” Mullins said in his statement Saturday night.
Following the Dec. 3 grand jury announcement not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo, de Blasio said he was “astonished by the decision” and called it a “very painful day for so many New Yorkers.”
Lynch said de Blasio’s comments made cops feel like “they were thrown under the bus.”
The PBA began circulating a petition for cops to demand that de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito not attend their funeral if they die in the line of duty. The PBA would not immediately reveal if either Ramos or Liu had signed the controversial request.
“(This is) not the time for politics,” a PBA spokesman said.
De Blasio’s spokesman Phil Walzak said Saturday it was disappointing for leaders to bash the mayor in a time of grief.
“It’s unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy, some would resort to irresponsible, overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people,” Walzak said. “Mayor de Blasio understands this is the time when we must come together to support the families and friends of those brave officers New York City lost tonight — and the entire NYPD community.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-cops-turn-backs-de-blasio-hospital-article-1.2052215
A startling video shows a hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with officers silently facing away from de Blasio as he walks a blue gantlet.
The demonstration, captured by WPIX11 News, included the presidents of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and the Sergeants Benevolent Association.
“Mayor de Blasio, the blood of these two officers is clearly on your hands,” Ed Mullins, president of the sergeants association, said in a statement to his union members Saturday night.
“It is your failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur,” he said. “I only hope and pray that more of these ambushes and executions do not happen again.”
WPIXA hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with cops showing de Blasio their back sides as he walks a blue gauntlet is shown in a video captured by WPIX11 News.
Patrick Lynch, head of the PBA, echoed Mullins’ anger at the mayor.
“That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor,” Lynch said in statement. “When these funerals are over, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable.”
He added that the blame also goes to “those who incited violence on the street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what NYC police officers did every day.”
“We tried to warn,” Lynch said. “It must not go on. It cannot be tolerated.”
SUSAN WATTS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins said it was Mayor de Blasio's 'failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur.'
Former Gov. George Pataki also lashed out against the mayor, claiming the cops’ deaths were a “predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordiblasio.”
Shortly after the officers were killed, a MoveOn.org petition was formed demanding de Blasio’s ouster.
“NYC residents demand the exit of Mayor Bill DeBlasio after 2 NYPD officers were shot and killed today 12/20/14,” wrote the petitioners, who identified themselves as “The People of NYC.” The petitioners said de Blasio was “unfit to lead this city” and “unfit to have a relationship with his police department.”
“Accountability for his actions and words MUST be handed down,” they wrote, demanding, “proper protocol to be followed to name a replacement before a special election.”
More than 34,000 people had signed the petition by early Sunday.
Despite the protests at Woodhull Hospital and online, an emotional de Blasio praised the slain officers, Rafael Ramos, 40, and Wenjian Liu, 32, for making the ultimate sacrifice.
“These officers were shot execution-style, (a) particularly despicable act, which goes to the very heart of our society and democracy,” de Blasio said. “When a police officer is murdered, it tears at the foundation of our society. It is an attack on all of us. It’s an attack on everything we hold dear.
“We depend on our police to protect us against forces of criminality and evil,” the mayor said. “They are a foundation of our society, and when they are attacked, it is an attack on the very concept of decency. Therefore, every New Yorker should feel they, too, were attacked. Our entire city was attacked by this heinous individual.”
The police unions have been ticked off because they don’t think de Blasio has given them sufficient support after a Staten Island grand jury opted not to indict a cop in Eric Garner’s July 17 chokehold death.
“Ever since this mayor took office there has been a sense of lawlessness that is rampant in every borough,” Mullins said in his statement Saturday night.
Following the Dec. 3 grand jury announcement not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo, de Blasio said he was “astonished by the decision” and called it a “very painful day for so many New Yorkers.”
Lynch said de Blasio’s comments made cops feel like “they were thrown under the bus.”
The PBA began circulating a petition for cops to demand that de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito not attend their funeral if they die in the line of duty. The PBA would not immediately reveal if either Ramos or Liu had signed the controversial request.
“(This is) not the time for politics,” a PBA spokesman said.
De Blasio’s spokesman Phil Walzak said Saturday it was disappointing for leaders to bash the mayor in a time of grief.
“It’s unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy, some would resort to irresponsible, overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people,” Walzak said. “Mayor de Blasio understands this is the time when we must come together to support the families and friends of those brave officers New York City lost tonight — and the entire NYPD community.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-cops-turn-backs-de-blasio-hospital-article-1.2052215
Something else I read had Parilla listed as the officer. Thanks for posting this. that helped clear that up.
What really makes me nauseous is, our Liberal Morons are not going to accept any reasonability and will somehow in their twisted minds, blame the Police.
From Brice's Link,-
(Reuters) - A veteran Florida police officer was shot and killed while on duty early Sunday by a man described as transient, according to law enforcement officials, who gave no motive for the suspect now charged with murder.
Officer Charles Kondek, 45, was gunned down in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a call for service around 2 a.m. EST, the Tarpon Springs Police Department said.
The officer later died of his injuries at a local hospital, the police department said.
His death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he might seek revenge for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men.
In the Florida case, police said they arrested Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, on a charge of first-degree murder.
Parilla was taken into custody after fleeing the shooting scene and crashing into a pole and another vehicle, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a release.
Police officials did not give any information about the type of call Kondek had responded to ahead of the shooting.
Kondek served on the Tarpon Springs police force for more than 17 years and previously worked as an officer for the New York City Police Department, officials said.
A man with the same name and birth date as Parilla was released from a Florida prison in March after serving a little more than two years for leaving the scene of a crash where there were injuries, as well as for various drug charges, corrections records show.
Sheriff's officials did not immediately confirm whether that man was now the suspect in Kondek's death.
From Brice's Link,-
(Reuters) - A veteran Florida police officer was shot and killed while on duty early Sunday by a man described as transient, according to law enforcement officials, who gave no motive for the suspect now charged with murder.
Officer Charles Kondek, 45, was gunned down in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a call for service around 2 a.m. EST, the Tarpon Springs Police Department said.
The officer later died of his injuries at a local hospital, the police department said.
His death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he might seek revenge for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men.
In the Florida case, police said they arrested Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, on a charge of first-degree murder.
Parilla was taken into custody after fleeing the shooting scene and crashing into a pole and another vehicle, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a release.
Police officials did not give any information about the type of call Kondek had responded to ahead of the shooting.
Kondek served on the Tarpon Springs police force for more than 17 years and previously worked as an officer for the New York City Police Department, officials said.
A man with the same name and birth date as Parilla was released from a Florida prison in March after serving a little more than two years for leaving the scene of a crash where there were injuries, as well as for various drug charges, corrections records show.
Sheriff's officials did not immediately confirm whether that man was now the suspect in Kondek's death.
He's acting that way because he knows that he lost them and their respect.
"Schmuck.... This guy has giant, clueless balls to try to come out and 'play nice"
Well said, I couldn't say it any better !!!!!
Well said, I couldn't say it any better !!!!!
Schmuck.... This guy has giant, clueless balls to try to come out and 'play nice', speaking highly of these officers after spending so much time demeaning all cops! I can't imagine how disrespected these cops must feel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/21/us-usa-florida-police-idUSKBN0JZ0LH20141221
The above link seems to be another ambush style killing.
Nothing from the race baiters? It looks as if all of the officers in both incidents were "minorities". Nothing from our benevolent leader or any of his administration? Nothing from Holder... No Jackson, no Sharpton and there won't be either. This isn't about THEIR race.
Nothing is a more racial statement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/21/us-usa-florida-police-idUSKBN0JZ0LH20141221
The above link seems to be another ambush style killing.
Nothing from the race baiters? It looks as if all of the officers in both incidents were "minorities". Nothing from our benevolent leader or any of his administration? Nothing from Holder... No Jackson, no Sharpton and there won't be either. This isn't about THEIR race.
Nothing is a more racial statement.
“We depend on our police to protect us against forces of criminality and evil,” the mayor said. “They are a foundation of our society, and when they are attacked, it is an attack on the very concept of decency. Therefore, every New Yorker should feel they, too, were attacked. Our entire city was attacked by this heinous individual.”
If he really felt that an attacked officer was an attack on the very concept of decency, why, then was he attacking them just a few short weeks ago?
As was noted in another thread, it's the mayor of NY, the administration, Eric Holder and their ilk, who are responsible for the race baiting and ill will that brings this kind of thing about. Let's just hope it doesn't happen again, either in NYC or any other city.
If he really felt that an attacked officer was an attack on the very concept of decency, why, then was he attacking them just a few short weeks ago?
As was noted in another thread, it's the mayor of NY, the administration, Eric Holder and their ilk, who are responsible for the race baiting and ill will that brings this kind of thing about. Let's just hope it doesn't happen again, either in NYC or any other city.
“Mayor de Blasio, the blood of these two officers is clearly on your hands,” Ed Mullins, president of the sergeants association, said in a statement to his union members Saturday night.
“It is your failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur,” he said. “I only hope and pray that more of these ambushes and executions do not happen again.”
WPIXA hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with cops showing de Blasio their back sides as he walks a blue gauntlet is shown in a video captured by WPIX11 News.
Patrick Lynch, head of the PBA, echoed Mullins’ anger at the mayor.
“That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor,” Lynch said in statement. “When these funerals are over, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable.”
He added that the blame also goes to “those who incited violence on the street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what NYC police officers did every day.”
“It is your failed policies and actions that enabled this tragedy to occur,” he said. “I only hope and pray that more of these ambushes and executions do not happen again.”
WPIXA hallway at Woodhull Hospital filled with cops showing de Blasio their back sides as he walks a blue gauntlet is shown in a video captured by WPIX11 News.
Patrick Lynch, head of the PBA, echoed Mullins’ anger at the mayor.
“That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the mayor,” Lynch said in statement. “When these funerals are over, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable.”
He added that the blame also goes to “those who incited violence on the street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what NYC police officers did every day.”
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