Sharpton Blasts Idea of an NYPD Slowdown And Announces Plans For a March
Jillian Jorgensen
Rev. Al Sharpton fired back at police union officials this morning, slamming their criticism of his meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio and blasting the idea of a work slowdown in the wake of the medical examiner ruling Eric Garner’s death a homicide.
“They should obey and enforce the law, and you cannot obey and enforce the law with an illegal chokehold. For policemen to be standing up defending an illegal hold—and acting like the reason they’re defending it is because I had a meeting that I’ve been having for 20 years—is very scary,” Mr. Sharpton said. “They’re defending something illegal. Can you imagine me holding a press conference defending an illegal act?”
Mr. Sharpton spoke to the press outside the offices of powerful union 1199 SEIU, and was joined by its president, George Gresham, following a meeting with community leaders. The two announced plans to hold a march across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge August 23, and both responded to comments made yesterday by Sergeant’s Benevolent Association President Edward Mullins that have been interpreted by some as a call for a work slowdown.
“So going forward, members of the NYPD, we want you to do your job we want you to follow the rule book the way it’s written,” Mr. Mullins said yesterday, “and if there’s a delay in getting to the next place, so be it.”
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/sharpton-blasts-idea-of-an-nypd-slowdown-and-announces-plans-for-a-march/#ixzz39dhEIT7E
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