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In reply to the discussion: NYT rightly calls out the NYPD's tantrum: 'They Hijacked Funeral for own petty "Look-at-us gesture' [View all]adigal
(7,581 posts)8. I love this part - so well written
"But none of those grievances can justify the snarling sense of victimhood that seems to be motivating the anti-de Blasio campaign the belief that the department is never wrong, that it never needs redirection or reform, only reverence. This is the view peddled by union officials like Patrick Lynch, the president of the Patrolmens Benevolent Association that cops are an ethically impeccable force with their own priorities and codes of behavior, accountable only to themselves, and whose reflexive defiance in the face of valid criticism is somehow normal."
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NYT rightly calls out the NYPD's tantrum: 'They Hijacked Funeral for own petty "Look-at-us gesture' [View all]
kpete
Dec 2014
OP
The media helped exaggerate their little temper tantrum also. There were thousands of cops
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#3
Their petulant tantrum was so disrespectful to the family of their fallen colleague.
myrna minx
Dec 2014
#4
Could not have put it any better myself. Although I was going to use the
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#16
"support our brothers". . . I could have sworn that there are actually women in the nypd, as well.
niyad
Dec 2014
#25
LOL, so today we like them or hate them? I lose track. Like with Maher, Moore, etc. LOL. nt
Logical
Dec 2014
#29
NYPD should take their protest and join forces with the Westboro Baptist Church.
B Calm
Dec 2014
#62