Mayor de Blasio tries to appease Authoritarian, Bullying NYPD. This is what he got in return:

[sabrina 1]

Hundreds Turn Their Back on de Blasio at NYPD Officer's Funeral

Mayor asks Protesters to pause until after funerals of the two dead officers

That was a mistake, as we have seen by the reaction of the NYPD.

Hundreds Turn Their Back on de Blasio at NYPD Officer's Funeral

NYC Mayor Asks Protesters to Pause Until After Cops' Funerals

The atmosphere was mostly respectful, but there were scattered signs of protest even before the police officers' action when the mayor spoke.

A block from the church, though, retired NYPD Officer John Mangan held a sign that read: "God Bless the NYPD. Dump de Blasio."

In his speech, the mayor seemed to try to reach out to police, honoring not only Ramos, but the entire NYPD.

After directing his remarks to the Ramos family, he said he wanted to "extend my condolences to another family -- the family of the NYPD -- that is hurting so deeply right now."

You cannot 'reach out' to bullies and authoritarians. They interpret it as WEAK, and like all bullies, rather than accept an extended hand, they will become even more emboldened and will delight in slapping it down.

In fact, bullies are more likely to RESPECT those who will not put up their childish behavior.

They may not like them but they are far less likely to mess with them.

The NYPD has been in need of reform for a very long time.

The Mayor ran on issues like reforming the police's interactions with the community in NYC. It was badly needed and he knew it.

He WON on those issues.

He wanted more community policing rather than the militarized tactics the NYPD has been operating under for years now.

The people of NYC AGREED with him.

Those who participated in this insubordination and lack of respect for an elected official, need to be disciplined.

They are proving more than ever just how much Police Reform is needed. I hope the Mayor realizes that and continues to do what he was elected to do, whether these cops like it or not.

Mayor de Blasio is a good man.

And he needs all the support he can get right now to end the insubordination of the NYPD and to do the job he was elected to do.

Edited to add photo of Mayor de Blasio's family. He dared to express concern for his own son and for doing so, members of the NYPD irrationally BLAMED him for the tragic deaths of the two Police Officers.




PS: Protests continue in many cities across the nation today against Police Brutality.

Update:

Occupy Atlanta retweeted
N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S.™ ?@MrMilitantNegro 1h1 hour ago
One brave officer did not turn his back on the NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. Notice his skin color.

[msongs]

1. certainly disrepectuful to the family of the deceased nt

[sabrina 1]

7. Yes, it was very disrespectful to the family.

They took the spotlight away from those who have lost a loved one.

[napkinz]

21. agreed

nt

[cwydro]

2. This was wrong.

The funeral was in honor of Ramos, who seems to have been a good officer.

The funeral also was for his family. Watching those kids broke my heart.

They actually disrespected one of their own by making that ceremony about them.

Just wrong.

[sabrina 1]

3. They showed their true colors. They were not there to mourn the officer who so tragically died. They

were there to try to stop de Blasio's plans to reform their department and to try to silence the legitimate protests against the unlawful killings and discrimination against young African Americans and other minorities.

It was a shameful, selfish display. And all of those who participated should be disciplined.

[MrMickeysMom]

4. That's just it… It was politically motivated during a funeral. They have no respect...

Neither for the Mayor, nor for the family of the deceased. Just who are they portraying as protecting and serving, anyway? Rhetorical question...

Ultimately, this was an organized action that I believe will backfire on the NYPD.

[sabrina 1]

5. They have been scared to death by the fact that the protests didn't end, as Bratton had predicted.

They were beginning to feel that maybe their reign of terror, across the country using 9/11 and the Drug Wars as an excuse for their behavior, was seriously being threatened as the protests not only didn't go away, but grew.

Added to that, de Blasio is a Liberal, their right wing worst nightmare.

So it is clear that their cynical politicization of these tragic deaths, is an attempt to stop what they could not stop and it IS shameful.

I agree with you, I believe it will backfire on them.

[young_at_heart]

6. Politicizing a funeral.....so classy!

[pa28]

8. Looks like the moment of truth came quickly for DeBlasio.

He campaigned as a mayor willing to confront corruption in the NYPD rather than appease.

Now we'll see.

[LovingA2andMI]

9. Acts of the Tasteless should include....

Turning one's back on their Boss in the Middle of a Funeral has to Take the Cake, one would think.....
Meme Credit: Independent Underground News & Talk

[sabrina 1]

13. Oh yes! The NYPD and the Westboro Baptist 'Church'! How much lower can they go than that.

Thanks for the post, it is a perfect comparison.

Edited to add:

Paul (PJ) Rieckhoff ?@PaulRieckhoff 8h8 hours ago
Classy: RT @MattBinder: complete list of groups who stage protests at funerals:
- Westboro Baptist Church
- New York Police Department

[Live and Learn]

14. +1 nt

[raouldukelives]

20. Yep. nt

[Live and Learn]

10. Hey, where are all those good cops that stand up for what's right?

I don't see one friggen officer doing the moral thing and showing respect for the mayor.

[sabrina 1]

11. I think they are there, but they are afraid. Whenever a good cop steps forward, they are

harassed, demoted, sometimes forced out of the Department. We saw what happened to the whistle blower a few years ago when he exposed corruption in the NYPD. He was hauled off to a psychiatric ward and kept there for six days.

They cannot step forward alone, but who can they trust when they decide to speak out?

I just added a twitter post to the OP showing at least one Police Officer who did not turn his back on the mayor.

[Live and Learn]

12. Thanks for posting that picture showing the lone brave officer.

However, if the majority were good, the good wouldn't have to be afraid of doing the right thing. I think the pictures speak volumes.

[Hulk]

15. I second that.

It took more guts to do "what was respectful and right" than to cave to the union political powers that seem to run the police department in NYC.

[sabrina 1]

25. No problem, I'm sure there were a few others in the crowd too, but yes, they do have to have courage

sadly not to go along with the schemes and the corruption that permeates that department.

[DonCoquixote]

16. whenever you try to appeal to the bigots

this is what happens.

[ChosenUnWisely]

17. So the natual blow back will be

more cop funerals

Cops want to act like dicks to the mayor and the cops don't want to change fine, the actions by the cops will lead to more problems with the cops and the people resulting in more then likely more dead cops.

The SCOTUS said that smart people can be excluded by the police guess we are seeing the result of that SCOUTS decision.

[malaise]

18. K & R

for truth

[Fred Sanders]

19. Hundreds turned their backs, hundreds did not, you can see several in the picture posted even....I like

facts, the whole facts.

[sabrina 1]

22. Since every report says that hundreds of them turned their backs on the Mayor, those

seem to be the facts. They didn't say thousands, but those who decided to do this apparently planned it so they would be together. At least one of them didn't join in, and it's possible there were others. That doesn't change the fact that hundreds of them decided to use a funeral for their own selfish and childish temper tantrum.

[LiberalElite]

23. there appears to also be state troopers in that pic

[spanone]

24. too bad pat lynch didn't ask his officers to do the same thing.

[Hutzpa]

26. Well done

[KellyW]

27. it is time to outlaw police unions

I have always been a supporter of organized labor and collective bargaining, but I think it is time to outlaw police unions. The case of Akai Gurley has raised the question in my mind if some police unions are not organized criminal gangs involved in obstructing justice. As an armed group with a license to kill, they should not be organized outside of the chain of command and civilian control. We don’t allow the military to unionize, the same should go for anyone who carries a gun and has special privileges to use deadly force.

[JEB]

28. If you want less crime,

cut the fat fucking cop budget and spend the savings on Public Education and a real jobs program.

[sabrina 1]

31. Ending the fake Drug War, and not starting another one with cigarettes, all of these 'wars'

provide funding for more cops, put more people in jail who do not belong there, and take away Constitutional Rights. And they've grown this police state where the police are more like an occupying army who view the people as the enemy.

No Drug War would mean cutting the 'crime' rate.

Then go back to community policing and RAISE the standards for people who want to be cops.

[JEB]

33. Fake drug war here at home and

fake war on terror around the world. The good people of our country and indeed the world are being scammed. The PTB will continue as long as the people buy the story. Thank you, Sabrina 1, for your voice and well thought out understanding.

[ecstatic]

29. disgusting behavior at a funeral.

They should be ashamed of themselves!

[Liberal_Dog]

30. K & R

This was a classless and disrespectful act by those NYPD officers.

Hopefully, it will backfire on them and police reform will gain even more momentum.

[sabrina 1]

32. They sure demonstrated how much reform is needed. The gall of them to tell an elected Mayor that he

should quit, and to lie and blame him for the murders of those two cops. That is insane behavior.