NY mayor: Call for Occupy probe is 'ridiculous'

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://online.wsj.com/article/APa911d4a77ff24c56811bdc89e53712b9.html

DECEMBER 8, 2011, 5:48 P.M. ET

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a New York congressman should spend his time getting the city more federal funds rather than calling for the government to investigate the police crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street camp.

Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler urged Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a probe into allegations of excessive force used by NYPD officers against Occupy protesters in Zuccotti Park last month.

The mayor issued a statement Thursday calling Nadler's position "ridiculous."

[robinlynne]

1. I better just not say it.

[RC]

4. Oh, go on, say it.

The worse that could happen is to get your post deleted.

[robinlynne]

17. mr mayor, fuck you!

[RC]

20. Feel better now?

I'll bet you do.

[robinlynne]

21. lol. i was going to say fuck the horse that you rode in on, but I love animals.

[Canuckistanian]

25. That was perfectly acceptable

Under the circumstances.

[gratuitous]

2. What else do you expect him to say?

Bank robbers, muggers, pinch-purses and other malefactors hate investigations into their wrongdoing, too. No reason for Bloomberg not to join their august ranks.

[freshwest]

23. LOL! Of course he doesn't want to be investigated, And he's got his own army. The King of New York.

[Angry Dragon]

3. why should NYC get more federal funds mayor??

bootstraps and all that??

[teddy51]

Well Mr. Mayor, who really gives a fuck what you think, is ridiculous? I think

that Nadler is right in making this request.

[Warpy]

5. NYC cops are overdue to be investigated by an outside agency

They err on the side of violence every time, they do illegal stops and searches, and the ingrained, institutionalized corruption has been handed down for decades.

[teddy51]

7. This is what needs to happen in NY. Also other cities such as Oakland.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2448146

[barbtries]

12. los angeles

they tortured the protesters and left them in jail way too long.

[teddy51]

13. You can bet that many police Department's in BC will be looking over there shoulders

with this new independent police review board.

[pinboy3niner]

14. +100

While many of the arrests themselves were problematic, the treatment of those in police custody post-arrest was horrendous.

[grasswire]

6. this from a billionaire whose GF got fat paycheck from the occupied park.

Pffffft.

[RKP5637]

9. Yep, as usual, follow the money trail! n/t

[RKP5637]

8. Bloomberg himself is a bit ridicuolus at times! n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Finally, he blinked.

[Chorophyll]

11. Kick for Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a real NYC guy and liberal stalwart. nt

[markpkessinger]

19. +1 He's a great Congressman

[baldguy]

15. The more they want to dissuade the relevant authorities from investigating

The more shit the investigation usually finds.

[Bozita]

16. a little something for Bloomberg to think about...

[spanone]

18. brilliant !!!

[Kaleko]

22. Apparently, Bloomberg isn't scared enough yet,

mouthing off like that.

What can be done to change that?

[hootinholler]

24. Is the mayor's neighborhood still a frozen zone? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Oh mayor want me to cite international law

We have signed that was violated?

Congressman Nadler is correct. It should expand to every damn city.

[alp227]

27. NY Times: Mayor and Congressman Clash on Police at Occupy Wall Street Protests

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg criticized a prominent New York City congressman on Thursday for asking the Justice Department to investigate reports of police misconduct at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan.

Responding to questions from reporters, Mr. Bloomberg ridiculed the call this week by the congressman, Jerrold Nadler, for the investigation. “If he would spend more time getting us homeland security money, maybe he’d make the streets safer,” the mayor said.

“If he could get us more federal moneys,” the mayor added, “maybe we could make our schools better and we wouldn’t have some of the things that people are protesting against.”

Mr. Bloomberg’s comments, which he made during an appearance in Brooklyn, drew a swift and acerbic response from Representative Nadler, who was described as having been taken aback by the strikingly personal tone of the mayor’s attack.

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/nyregion/bloomberg-and-nadler-clash-on-police-conduct-at-zuccotti-park.html

[Downtown Hound]

28. Doesn't want his own personal army investigated, huh?

Gee, color me shocked.

[pinboy3niner]

31. Nobody puts Baby's army in the corner!1!!

Protesters will be prosecuted, but Bloomberg's cops are above the law.

[Huey P. Long]

29. occupy

[Lady Freedom Returns]

30. Could this be the reason that Boston has not moved the Protesters there?

:shrug: