Monday, June 8, 2020

IN THE NEWS: AFTER NEARLY 300 OFFICERS ARE WOUNDED KEEPING THE PEACE, NYC MAYOR VOWS TO CUT NYPD BUDGET

New York politicians are putting cops in an impossible situation

By Post Editorial Board June 7, 2020 | 8:20pm

Chris Monahan, who heads the NYPD Captains Endowment Association, is usually more circumspect than the leaders of the sergeants’ and patrolmen’s unions, so it’s notable that he just wrote his members about the impossible dilemma they’ve been placed in during the current disorders.

His e-mail warned that if cops go “hands off” on looters and unruly protesters, “you will be assaulted by them.” But if they go “hands on,” then “you will be assaulted by our elected officials.”   READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/06/07/new-york-politicians-are-putting-cops-in-an-impossible-situation/


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