To many New Yorkers, the sight of NYPD officers turning their backs on the mayor as he walked through Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn was chilling and unprecedented — but to anyone who has watched the showdowns between mayors and high - profile
police union bosses, it was just another chapter in an ongoing saga.
As far as
the police union boss is concerned, criminal justice reformers are wrong in criticizing Pantaleo's state - sanctioned murder of Garner as well as criticizing those in the rank - and - file who are engaged in abusing citizens and other forms of corruption.
Not exact matches
Instead of engaging the
police -
union boss, the mayor would stick to a three - part plan: occupy the moral high ground by talking about honoring the families of the murdered cops and avoiding political fights, empower «responsible» voices to echo de Blasio's message, and isolate the «bad actors.»
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island
police officer's role in the pay - to - play allegations plaguing the de Blasio administration was highlighted during a federal bribery trial of former city correction
union boss Norman Seabrook this week.
More people will be arrested as a result of the wide - ranging federal probe into
police corruption, an NYPD official said Friday — two days after the city correction -
union boss was...