PBA: Cops Will Make Sure Sharpton March ‘Goes Smoothly’

[hrmjustin]

Ross Barkan

Police unions may think Rev. Al Sharpton belongs nowhere near City Hall, but they have no apparent problem with the reverend marching across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

Patrick Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, defended Mr. Sharpton’s right to march across a bridge without a pedestrian walkway, despite blasting the reverend all this week.

“If the powers that be decide that the march will go on, our members will be there to police it and make sure everything goes smoothly and make sure everyone gets to say what they want to say, their beliefs. That’s fair and that’s what this country is about,” Mr. Lynch said on The Ride Home with Pat Kiernan and Rita Cosby on WABC Radio yesterday.



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Your thoughts?

[monmouth3]

1. Good for you Mr. Lynch, and that is what this country is about...Go Rev...n/t

[hrmjustin]

2. I have my doubt whether this is the right bridge to march over but I hope it goes well.

[monmouth3]

3. I'm thinking the Rev. is trying to make a statement here, the Brooklyn would have been better..n/t

[hrmjustin]

4. Yes and easier to climb. This bridge is very high and some just won't be able to do it.

Also they will be marching into unfriendly areas.

[hrmjustin]

5. Sharpton not wedded to the Verrazano Bridge for march

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/sharpton-wedded-verrazano-bridge-march-blog-entry-1.1896550