Pinch Me: Group of NYC Cops Seek Ouster of "Arrogant" Patrick Lynch from heading PBA

[99th_Monkey]

Coalition Of NYC Cops Seek Ouster Of 'Arrogant' PBA President Patrick Lynch
The Huffington Post * By Andres Jauregui * 01/21/2015

There's dissension in the ranks at the NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and the dissenters are looking to rout the union's current leadership. President Patrick Lynch, whose fiery rhetoric against Mayor Bill de Blasio made headlines in the wake of the Eric Garner protests and the murder of two NYPD officers in December, will face a challenger in the upcoming union election.

Brian Fusco, a 27-year NYPD veteran and PBA trustee representing South Brooklyn cops, announced his candidacy for the PBA presidency Tuesday. His coalition, dubbed "Strengthen the Shield," is looking to topple Lynch and his supporters within the union.

While Mayor de Blasio sought to calm the apparent divide between protesters and police after the murder of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, Lynch criticized both protesters and the Mayor.

"There's blood on many hands tonight," Lynch said after the Dec. 20 shooting. "That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the Office of the Mayor."

New York voters widely disapproved of those comments, pollsters at Quinnipiac University revealed in a report last week.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/patrick-lynch-nyc-pba-boss-arrogant_n_6515016.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

[roguevalley]

1. it doesn't me. I was a union president, vice president

secretary, state secretary and rights rep for decades. you can't broad brush a group. They are as diverse as us. I hope they prevail.

[babylonsister]

2. Good/recommend. nt