Mike OโMeara, president of the New York Police Benevolent Association, gave an epic speech today slamming the media for treating them like โanimals and thugsโ.
There are 375 million police interactions with the public every year and they are overwhelmingly positive, he told the reporters at a press conference.
He said that he read in the paper that โmothers are worried about their children getting home from school without being killed by a cop.โ
OโMeara said emotionally, โwhat world are we living in?! That does not happen! It does not happen!โ
His speech was excellent:
โI am not Derek Chauvin. They are not him. He killed someone, we didnโt. We are restrained. And you know what โ Iโm saying this to all the cops here. Because you know what? Everybodyโs trying to shame us. The legislators. The press. Everybodyโs trying to shame us into being embarrassed about our profession.
Well you know what? [He holds up his badge] This isnโt stained by someone in Minneapolis. Itโs still got a shine on it, and so do theirs. So do theirs. Stop treating us like animals and thugs and start treating us with some respect. Thatโs what weโre here today to say.
Weโve been left out of the conversation. Weโve been vilified. Itโs disgusting! Itโs disgusting โ trying to make us embarrassed of our profession. 375 million interactions. Overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly positive. Nobody talks about all the police officers what were killed in the last week in the United States of America. And there were a number of them.
We donโt condone Minneapolis. We roundly reject what he did as disgusting. Disgusting! Itโs not what we do. Itโs not what police officers do. Our legislators abandoned us. The press is vilifying us. Well you know what guys? Iโm proud to be a cop! And Iโm going to continue to be proud to be a cop until the day I retire.โ
Watch:
New York PBA Head Mike O’Meara:
“We’ve been left out of the conversation.. our legislators abandoned us. The press is vilifying us..” pic.twitter.com/A2rZi7KZuT
โ Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 9, 2020
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