Police Benevolent Association of New York Issues Statement on Police Commissioner O'Neill's Decision to Fire Officer Pantaleo
August 19, 2019
August 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Police Benevolent Association of New York issued the following statement by President Patrick J. Lynch:
"Police Commissioner O'Neill has made his choice: he has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead. He has chosen to cringe in fear of the anti-police extremists, rather than standing up for New Yorkers who want a functioning police department, with cops who are empowered to protect them and their families.
"Police Commissioner O'Neill has made his choice: he has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead. He has chosen to cringe in fear of the anti-police extremists, rather than standing up for New Yorkers who want a functioning police department, with cops who are empowered to protect them and their families.