The NYPD Lieutenants Benevolent Association on Tuesday slammed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other leaders for labeling the department “incompetent” and siding with “peaceful protesters,” …
The NYPD Lieutenants Benevolent Association on Tuesday slammed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other leaders for labeling the department “incompetent” and siding with “peaceful protesters,” despite a video showing a protester hitting a lieutenant on the back of his head with a brick amid riots and looting sparked by the death of George Floyd.
In a letter sent to NYPD lieutenants and obtained by Fox News, association president Lou Turco said politicians have been blaming law enforcement for “all the societal ills realistically created by their misdirected and hollow civic policies” while officers are being attacked.
The letter took direct aim to Cuomo, with Turco writing: „How dare you call the members of the NYPD incompetent, when it is your misguided policies that have created an environment where police cannot police and you provide additional incentives to those who want to destroy society and commit crimes against people, law enforcement and property.“
„You, and your administration, have completely abandoned and insulted the members of the New York City Police Department,“ he added.
Video of the incident from Sunday night shows a lieutenant collapsing to the ground after being struck with a brick, prompting a fellow officer to draw his weapon to protect the lieutenant and other officers as a crowd began to surge.
“The other night one of the rioters, under the cover of being a ‘peaceful protestor,’ took a brick, snuck up behind one of our fellow lieutenants and murderously took a full swing, hitting the lieutenant in the back of the head,” Turco said.
