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  • 'SHEL' SHOCK GROWS (NY Assembly Speaker Silver ripped for saying he doesn't go to police funerals)

    12/09/2005 1:58:42 PM PST · by neverdem · 68 replies · 1,349+ views
    NY Post ^ | December 9, 2005 | NILES LATHEM and KENNETH LOVETT
    National law-enforcement organizations yesterday ripped state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for saying he doesn't go to police funerals, calling his comments a slap in the face to professional cops everywhere. "Even after what he said, if Mr. Silver ever called for some kind of help, police officers would come to his home to help him. That's the difference between a police officer and an idiot like Mr. Silver," said Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association for Police Organizations. "For a public official to make such a statement, its not only an insult to law enforcement officers who put...