by digby
Some members of NYPD had another toddler tantrum today:
According to reports from the scene, scores of NYPD officers again turned their backs to Mayor Bill de Blasio at the funeral for slain officer Wenjian Liu Sunday morning. This was despite a memo from Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urging officers not to repeat the performance from the last week’s memorial for Rafael Ramos.
Ramos and Liu were murdered in an ambush-style shooting three weeks ago in Bedstuy, an incident that inflamed tensions between the department and City Hall. Yestersay officers saluted de Blasio and Bratton at Liu’s wake.
It was unclear how many officers turned their backs. View photos from the scene below:
RIGHT NOW: Hundreds of #NYPD officers turn backs to @BilldeBlasio as he eulogizes #WenjianLiu pic.twitter.com/MWKunbHM36
— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) January 4, 2015NYPD turns it's backs on Mayor DeBlasio again. pic.twitter.com/wZY255p6Tf
— Anne Thompson (@annenbcnews) January 4, 2015So basically the NYPD is putting the city on notice that they do whatever they want and answer to no one, not even the families of slain fellow officers or the police commissioner. That's good to know. I guess citizens just have to hope that all these fine fellows don't decide they can literally get away with murder. Oh wait ...
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