New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Getting Heat for Suggesting NYPD 'Acted Appropriately' Amid George Floyd Protests
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing backlash after he suggested the New York Police [...]
Disappointed with your statement this morning @NYCMayor NYPD is here to protect and serve NOT to ram through a crowd of protestors with their vehicles. That is wrong. They are not above justice and need to be held accountable.
— C:\hristina 👩🏽💻 (@divinetechygirl) May 31, 2020
prevnextDe Blasio’s handling of all of this is a reminder that neither major party has a monopoly on perpetuating police brutality. It’s not a Democratic or Republican problem. It’s an American problem. https://t.co/gb8JbSncab
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) May 31, 2020
DeBlasio had an opportunity to be on the right side of history. Instead he chose to align himself with the brutality and injustice. He chooses to further empower the militias with badges and guns who ram SUVs into crowds of civilians. Through his actions, he stands with Trump.
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 31, 2020
prevnextDude. If you’re driving down the street and someone happens to be in the road, they AUTOMATICALLY get the right of way because they are a civilian on foot. You have to stop. Those cops are not above that. In fact, they have an INCREDIBLY greater responsibility to follow that law.
— MichaelDelahoussaye! (@MiiiiikeD) May 31, 2020
The baffling part of this is Mayor de Blasio—with a Black wife & kids!—is defending the NYPD whose cops & unions hate his guts & publicly spit on his entire legacy.
Couldn’t be me. #Protests2020 #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/QKTzqPJSdi
— Fat. Ugly. Truth. (@Kiera_is_Kie) May 31, 2020
prevnextDe Blasio is totally wrong on this one.
— Frank Black (@Nabob_Axelrod) May 31, 2020
#NYC Mayor #DeBlasio needs to RESIGN over these comments. Those cops need to be suspended immediately, pending an investigation, fired if (when) it is found the endangered the public through wreckless dereliction of duty. Or just fired.
— Paulitical Eye (@PauliticalEye) May 31, 2020
prevnextjust to be perfectly clear, Bill de Blasio is defending his police force for using the same tactic that white supremacists used to kill Heather Heyer
— Lee Sova Claypool (@LeeSovaClaypool) May 31, 2020
Blocking and surrounding sound like trained police tactics. Taking out anger on individuals sounds like police behaviour. A lot of restraint sounds like what a lot of civilians are showing in the moments before they are killed and brutalized.
— 360º (@doeboy360_) May 31, 2020
prevnextIf your idea of "restraint" is running over a bunch of protesters, you have no business being mayor of New York. Civilians who did that would be charged with attempted murder. Police officers should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.
— Dr. Matthew Boxer (@matthewboxer) May 31, 2020
Cars can go in reverse! Does he know?? Bc there’s nobody behind them and plowing into people was nowhere near the only option
— Cam (@hoesfortheamish) May 31, 2020
prevnext@BilldeBlasio Hold the officers accountable for their disgusting actions. Don’t praise them. You are a joke of a Mayor.
— Bruce (@fuckbruce) May 31, 2020
He is a part of the problem the reason for these protests are to HOLD police accountable for these types of actions and here he is saying they were justified smh VOTE HIM OUT
— mrs jess mariano ♛🇵🇪 (@lostindelena) May 31, 2020
prevBlaming protestors for officers pressing the gas pedal & RUNNING OVER HUMANS will never be okay
— Ashley Mielke (@ashleymielke) June 1, 2020