The New York Police Department has allegedly declared “war” after two officers were killed Saturday in their squad car by a lone, mentally disturbed gunman said to be taking revenge for the death of Eric Garner.
The accused Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who reportedly took his own life after the killings, is said to be connected to the Black Guerilla Family prison gang, who police recently warned were gunning for police. Many people believe law enforcement is exaggerating or outright fabricating Brinsley’s association with the BGF gang as a ploy to trump up conspiracy charges on innocent Black people who had nothing to do with the murders of the officers.
Saying “There’s blood on many hands,” the head of the NYPD’s police union, Patrick Lynch, placed much of the blame on the Mayor’s Office and formally asked Mayor Bill de Blasio not to attend the funerals of the slain officers for appearing overly sympathetic to Eric Garner protests.
After the alleged retaliation shooting of the two police officers,there was a memo that was circulated allegedly from Lynch and the police union that seemed to outright declare war on certain individuals:
“(F)or the 1st time in a number of years we have become a “wartime” police department. We will act accordingly” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, head Pat Lynch said according to different sources.
The memo was picked up by several mainstream news sources and several law enforcement officials retweeted the memo.
POLICE UNION PRES. PAT LYNCH: “for the 1st time in a number of years we have become a “wartime” police department. We will act accordingly”
— Rob Nelson (@RobNelsonABC7) December 21, 2014
Shortly after the memo was circulated,the police union started to deny they released it. But a press conference given by Pat Lynch echoed the same rhetoric from the memo in a slightly more watered down manner. This has led some to believe that PR reps for the NYPD might have intervened to avoid potential backlash.
So if the memo is authentic and the police unions are declaring “war” and “will act accordingly”,who are they declaring war on? They can’t be talking about declaring war on white citizens because America has never had a history of law enforcement making full on attacks against them.
But Black Americans have been repeatedly attacked militarily by law enforcement for the last 400 years. And the only people who have been repeatedly murdered with impunity in New York by police officers are Black Americans. So this can only lead one to believe that this alleged “war” that Pat Lynch and the Police unions in NYC will be waging will be upon more Black people.
With all of these blatant attacks on Black Americans,isn’t it time that the United Nations started looking into their genocide treaties?
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