He implies that any given cop is a potential murderer of an innocent law abiding young person. Which is absurd. And it smears the nobility of all cops for the mayor of the worlds most powerful city to publicly say such a thing. NYPD wasnt just speaking for themselves. .but for all cops when they did that.
No, he actually didn't say that. Have you read his actual words?
Here they are for you:
Dante is a good young man, [a] law-abiding young man who never would think to do anything wrong...Yet, because of a history still that hangs over us, the dangers he may face, we've had to literally train him as families have all over this city for decades in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him.
He clearly stated that the police are there to protect his son, but that they have had to take care to talk to him about how to handle himself in any interaction with law enforcement.
Now...in PRIVATE...yes every parent should tell their child to obey what police officers tell them to do. And if in trouble..call those same cops if they need help.
But for the mayor of New York to say publicly, basically to the world these day, that he has to warn his law abiding child to be cautious around cops...because of the danger those cops might present? Disgusting and a slap in the face of cops in NYC and America...and the world really.
Oh, I see. You're much like me. In the privacy of your own home, you'll talk to your kids about how to handle themselves if they are in an interaction with the police and/or are arrested, and you'll probably tell your kids much the same things that I've told mine: ask for counsel, don't volunteer information, don't relinquish your constitutional rights, follow instructions, don't get smart, etc. And you've said these things because for your child's protection, they need to know them.
But, if a mayor says this openly can't be tolerated.
Kind of like do what I say, not what I do, right? Is there ever a point where we can have an open discussion about this stuff without it being viewed as anti-cop?
