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   tesla sTinker to All   
   Re: NYPD cops get drenched by buckets of   
   28 Jul 19 12:31:12   
   
   XPost: alt.law.enforcement, nyc.general   
   From: truecatholicstaff@truecarpentry.org   
      
   You would be surprised how bad some of those cops are.  No,   
   they don't deserve respect but to be put in a real Jail.  Besides,   
   they defend the communism issued by the congress and the state.   
   These people throwing water, are just trying to make them wake up   
   before dday.   
      
   On 7/23/2019 6:05 PM, Ubiquitous scribbled:   
   > The 19-second video shows a man pick up the bucket and hurl it at the cop,   
   > prompting several bystanders to exclaim, “Oh!” as it bounces off his head.   
   >   
   > NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan posted a still image of the   
   > ricocheting bucket on his Twitter account, where he called the video   
   > “reprehensible.”   
   >   
   > “NYC’s cops&  communities have made remarkable progress — together — but   
   > EVERY New Yorker MUST show respect for our cops. They deserve nothing less,”   
   > he wrote.   
   >   
   > It’s unclear when the Harlem incident occurred, but sources said the other   
   > one took place sometime after 4 p.m. in near 1400 East New York Ave. – little   
   > more than two blocks away from the 73rd Precinct station house in   
   > Brownsville.   
   >   
   > The 33-second video shows two cops in sopping-wet uniforms walking away as   
   > water flies through the air toward their backs.   
   >   
   > At one point, a young man runs up behind one cop and dumps a bucket of water   
   > over his head.   
   >   
   > One of the cops recently graduated from the Police Academy and the other has   
   > about a year on the job, sources said.   
   >   
   > Neither notified the NYPD about the incident before the video surfaced on   
   > social media, sources said.   
   >   
   > A police source blamed the incidents on the NYPD’s “hands-off approach to   
   > these guys” under Mayor Bill de Blasio.   
   >   
   > “Who does that in their right frame of mind? People who believe there’s no   
   > consequences,” the source said.   
   >   
   > “There’s total anarchy out here. This is very sad.”   
   >   
   > An NYPD supervisor also warned, “Today it’s a bucket of water. Tomorrow it   
   > could be a bucket of cement.”   
   >   
   > That remark referenced the 1993 slaying of city Housing Authority cop John   
   > Williamson, who was struck and killed by a  30-pound bucket of spackling   
   > compound tossed from a Washington Heights rooftop amid unrest that began when   
   > the NYPD began towing illegally parked cars.   
   >   
   > The head of the NYPD Police Benevolent Association called the water bucket   
   > attacks “the end result of the torrent of bad policies and anti-police   
   > rhetoric that has been streaming out of City Hall and Albany for years now.”   
   >   
   > “We are approaching the point of no return.  Disorder controls the streets,   
   > and our elected leaders refuse to allow us to take them back.” PBA President   
   > Patrick Lynch said.   
   >   
   > “As police officers, we need to draw a line. In situations like this, we need   
   > to take action to protect ourselves and the public. The politicians may not   
   > care about the dangerous levels of chaos in our neighborhoods, but police   
   > officers and decent New Yorkers should not be forced to suffer.”   
   >   
   > Both videos were initially posted on separate Instagram accounts, then re-   
   > posted on a Twitter account devoted to New York City emergencies.   
   >   
   > The Twitter videos each racked up more than 60,000 views in their first five   
   > hours online.   
   >   
   > An NYPD spokesman said the department “is aware of the videos and is looking   
   > into it.”   
   >   
   > https://nypost.com/2019/07/22/total-anarchy-nypd-cops-get-drenched-by-   
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   > Pn0pGZHfIsI0kTGrOJs   
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   >   
   > --   
   > Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like   
   > watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.   
   >   
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