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DeBlasio thumbs nose at cops again

Jan 1, 2015 7:15PM PST

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RE: DeBlasio thumbs nose at cops
Jan 1, 2015 7:59PM PST

and they're offended?

How did the cops see him thumb his nose at them?

With their backs to him?

BTW It's nice to see you support a "union".

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ask the cops
Jan 4, 2015 4:11PM PST

hundreds of them obviously felt that way. Guess you missed it?

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RE: ask the cops
Jan 4, 2015 7:36PM PST

Ask them about something they didn't see?

Whatever they say...it would be inadmissible in court.

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RE: ask the cops
Jan 4, 2015 8:23PM PST
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Not sure about that
Jan 2, 2015 6:15PM PST

Reported and documented crime would certainly be down if police were not responding to calls or patrolling high crime areas. That wouldn't mean criminals were behaving...nor would it mean that police presence results in more actual crime.

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I've heard instead
Jan 2, 2015 6:32PM PST

that the precinct that is the one reporting that 'crime is down' has actually been flooded with cops from other precincts and that the bad guys have either gone underground or moved onto another area.

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crime isn't down, statistics are down
Jan 4, 2015 4:03PM PST

Until it's recorded, it's not a statistic, but it exists anyway.

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Cops diss DeBlasio at funerals
Jan 4, 2015 4:10PM PST
http://nypost.com/2015/01/04/cops-again-turn-their-backs-on-de-blasio-at-nypd-officers-funeral/

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/hundreds-of-nypd-officers-turn-backs-on-mayor-bill-de-blasio-at-funeral-of-slain-det-wenjian-liu-1.9772292

At both funerals. Hundreds of cops turned their backs on the Mayor.

"One cop who didn't turn his back but looked away said, "I didn't turn my back out of respect for the commissioner. But there's no way I'm going to look at the mayor. He's a joke. Everything he says today, he's doing it to cover his a-?-."

In a message read at all roll calls through Sunday, Bratton pleaded with the rank and file to be bound by "tradition, honor and decency" and not disrespect the mayor.

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, who led the scores of cops who turned their backs on de Blasio at Woodhull, defended Sunday's demonstration.

"New York City police officers have opinions, too, and we're going through a very emotional and difficult time," Lynch said.

"They did it respectfully, in the street, not inside the [funeral home] and not during the service.""