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So the cops expect the public to give them respect, bend over backwards, listen to their demands and instructions, etc......but they can't do the same for their boss? FIRE THEM.
If it hasn't been said already, there is a time and a place for the police to make a statement to the mayor, but not when they are in uniform and the mayor is in a public place. If they mayor had been attacked, killed or injured during that impromptu protest we would have been having an entirely different discussion.
A clear case of insubordination. Fire the ring leader and discipline every single officer that turned their backs on their Commander-In-Chief. Upset that the Mayor took a different position on the Eric Garner case, police figured they'd get back at the Mayor by turning their backs on him.
Didn't these officers take an Oath to be subordinate and show the proper respect towards senior leadership and their Mayor as Commander-In-Chief?
A clear case of insubordination. Fire the ring leader and discipline every single officer that turned their backs on their Commander-In-Chief. Upset that the Mayor took a different position on the Eric Garner case, police figured they'd get back at the Mayor by turning their backs on him.
Didn't these officers take an Oath to be subordinate and show the proper respect towards senior leadership and their Mayor as Commander-In-Chief?
My Sheriff earns my respect.... he does so by clear balanced policies,,, he does so by steady leadership in times of crisis... while a political figure (and in my county the most powerful figure there probably is) he understands that whatever the issue we cannot have anarchy.. He understands that when a crisis develops within our department there will be a reasoned measured response.. unemotional but factual
As policeman we arent robots.. we have the ability to disagree with the people who lead us.. but in a civil manner within the system
Turning their back on Deblasio was the most classy act i could think of.. it showed him clearly what our brother NYPD coppers think without saying a word
It is up to Deblasio to engage in serious soul seraching... and allow the true professionals around him and the well oiled system of justice speak
Deblasio fomented the deaths of his officers.. Id say just turning their backs on him is the shot heard across the world... while they did it his personal protection detail..all 20 or so of them wouldnt hestitate for a second to protect he and his family... thats true professionalism
Respect is earned.. which is a cornerstone of ethics of most police departments policies today.. Deblasio would be well served to read the ethics manual of his police department and take away how to treat others
In my opinion he should go because he has demonstrated he is an ineffectual leader
We should not have to have anyone lead of government today who is radical in anything.. becaue we are a country of diverse backgrounds.. when you suck up to radicals you will only have pain, death and anarchy.
If it hasn't been said already, there is a time and a place for the police to make a statement to the mayor, but not when they are in uniform and the mayor is in a public place. If they mayor had been attacked, killed or injured during that impromptu protest we would have been having an entirely different discussion.
Actually, I thought it was a perfect time.
It was a huge symbolic gesture reflecting how they feel the mayor has treated them.
There was no swearing, no yelling, no vulgarities, no chants of "who do we want? the mayor! how do we want him? thrown out of office!" ... I think they got their point across perfectly with absolutely no disruptions of any kind.
Turning their backs on their Mayor , that's how you protest with class
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