NYPD Facebook Group Reveals Contempt For West Indian Day
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:31 am
NYPD Facebook Group Reveals Contempt For West Indian-American Day Parade
The existence of the group came to light when a lawyer for Brooklyn Defender Services was doing research on a police officer who arrested his client on gun charges after the parade. Sgt. Dustin Edwards's Facebook profile showed that he belonged to the group, and attorney Benjamin Moore told the Times he found the comments "astounding" in their "reckless explicitness." Here are some of the lowlights, according to a copy of the discussion obtained by the Times:
One commenter referred to working the parade detail as "ghetto training," while another recommended relocating the parade "to the zoo."
The safety of cops should be more important that the safety of "the animals," said one.
"It's not racist if it's true," declared another.
"Welcome to the Liberal NYC Gale, where if the cops sneeze too loud they get investigated for excessive force but the ‘civilians’ can run around like savages and there are no repercussions," one person opined.
"Why is everyone calling this a parade," a group member asked. "It’s a scheduled riot."
Another suggested, "I say have the parade one more year, and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out."