Posted on 07/22/2013 11:30:15 AM PDT by John Semmens
Proclaiming himself to be “stupefied by the insensitivity of the verdict” in the Zimmerman trial, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed a new “obligation to retreat” policy for City Police. Under the policy, law enforcement officers will be required to disengage from confrontations with criminal suspects whenever a risk of bodily harm to the officers or suspects may be present. Henceforth, police will only be permitted to use nonviolent means of maintaining the peace and apprehending law-breakers.
“While our City has made great strides in disarming the general public, we have to acknowledge that a disconcertingly large percentage of minority fatalities occur at the hands of City police officers,” Bloomberg said. “Therefore, I am instructing that if suspects decline an officer’s request to halt or to accompany him to the station house and assume a hostile stance, the officer must deescalate the situation by whatever means necessary. It is better that the suspect escape than that the use of deadly force result in tragedy.”
The Mayor acknowledged that the union is not happy with the new policy, but argued that “the police will still be armed and can still use these weapons as a last resort if backing away and ducking for cover are insufficient. What we’re trying to prevent is a situation where if a suspect is putting a ‘beat-down’ on an officer he feels he’s within his rights to unholster his weapon. An officer ought to be able to take a punch and not lose his cool.”
The new policy received an unqualified endorsement from MSNBC commentator Al Sharpton. “It levels the playing field,” Sharpton declared. “By putting the burden of maintaining the peace on the so-called peace officers it respects the dignity of the accused and protects him from police harassment.”
This new policy of disengagement and deescalation is expected to supplement the recent order banning the use of race in police BOLO and APB alerts.
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http://azconservative.org/2013/07/20/ag-assails-zimmerman-verdict/
BWahh! Ya almost got me! I wouldn’t doubt it though, I would-not-doubt it.
Is he going to tie the hands of all the thugs so they don’t administer beat downs, provoking self-defense?
Just tell the thugs NOT to assault ‘creepy ass crackas’ who are looking at them.
Walk away, leave ‘em be.
Problem solved.
and next New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will teach people how to walk between the rain drops so they don’t get wet
"Decreed"? I detect a hint of sarcasm there. I hope.
Yer slippin’. I spotted it in the first paragraph (it usually takes two to get me to scan up to the author’s name).
So, now you can’t look at a black person in public, or you will be accused of “profiling.”
In real life, Bloomberg has been as implacable a defender of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies as he has been an enemy of the 2A.
(from the article): " New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed a new “obligation to retreat” policy for City Police.
Under the policy, law enforcement officers will be required to disengage from confrontations with criminal suspects
whenever a risk of bodily harm to the officers or suspects may be present."
This gives a whole new meaning to "Duck , cover , run , and 'kiss your a** good-bye'.
It wouldn't sell well to most LEO's that I know...
Mayor Seeks to Prevent Trayvon-Style Tragedy in NYC.
Did you mean:
Mayor Seeks to Foment Trayvon-Style Tragedy in NYC?
Mikey, you're an idiot. Verdicts are not supposed to be about "sensitivity" but about justice under the law.
“New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed a new “obligation to retreat” policy for City Police.”
Tayvon did not retreat. Is this about T or Z? They keep saying it is about Z but T didn’t retreat nor give Z the ability to. T punched Z dead in the face then jumped him immediately.
Don’t give him any ideas, John.
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