Under normal circumstances, I
intentionally avoid commenting on anything remotely connected to politics in my
postings to this site but I have decided to stray from the norm as explained
below.
Over the past several months I
have witnessed and not commented upon our Mayor continually espouse his view of
our city as one divided by race, class and income inequality, his own “progressive”
and sophomoric “Tale of Two Cities.”
I have witnessed our Mayor defend
his salaried appointment of an individual, previously employed by Al Sharpton, who shares her home with a convicted
killer and homophobic cop hater as “Chief of Staff” for his wife.
I have witnessed and not
commented upon our Mayor’s decimation of the “stop and frisk” policy despite
warnings that, in doing so, he would invite a return of increased violent
crime.
I have witnessed and not commented
upon our City Council election of a Speaker who had refused to recite the
pledge of allegiance as an act of protest only until she started to gather
votes within the Council for her election to the Speaker’s position.
I have witnessed and not
commented upon the ignominious Al Sharpton being given a seat a table with our Mayor
and Police Commissioner and threaten that he would become their “worst enemy” if his demands that our
Police Department abandon its “Broken
Windows” conceptual theory in addressing crime were not met.
I have witnessed and not
commented upon our Mayor publicly proclaim that for years he has believed that
the NYC Police Department is such a dangerous and racist organization that his
own bi-racial son is at serious risk.
I have witnessed and not
commented upon crowds of protestors being
green-lighted by City Hall to illegally close roads, bridges and retail
establishments while publicly proclaiming “What do we want – Dead cops!”
I have witnessed and not
commented upon a Baruch College Professor smile and laugh at his arraignment on
charges of attempting to assault two Police Lieutenants with a metal garbage
can during a protest on the Brooklyn Bridge.
I have witnessed and not commented
upon the cold blooded execution of two New York City Police Officers as they
sat in their patrol car on a street in Brooklyn last week.
I have witnessed and not
commented upon the myriad and vile social media postings of fellow citizens
applauding the deaths of these two innocent men and praising the piece of
garbage individual who murdered them.
My words are not meant to caste
blame as I am just as much to blame for the current toxic environment that envelops our city as anyone else because, until now, I have failed to speak out.
That silence ends today.
I have spent the past several
days giving this issue much thought and I have come to the conclusion that we
are at a crossroad, one that demands a choice be made regarding what path we
shall all continue on.
Whether intentionally or out of stupidity, our Mayor and his ilk have managed to divide us by drawing a line in the sand between the citizenry of our great city and the New
York City Police Department. The purpose
of this posting is to apologize for my previous silence and to make it explicitly clear on what side of that line I
stand.
I stand with the men and women of the New York City Police Department.
I stand with you Peter.
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