Bloomberg: Congress won't run NYPD

Mayor Michael Bloomberg reminded a group of congressional representatives Wednesday that the city's police department is his concern, not theirs, as the House Judiciary Committee considers nationwide policing ...

[Slugger]

Try asking Sean Bell if this is a police department that works, try asking Patrick Dorismond if this is a police department that works, try asking Timothy Stansbury or Amadou Diallo and Abner Louima if this is a police department that works.

[RISSYPETTO]

Slugger wrote:

Try asking Sean Bell if this is a police department that works, try asking Patrick Dorismond if this is a police department that works, try asking Timothy Stansbury or Amadou Diallo and Abner Louima if this is a police department that works.

It works everyday. Why do some people always have run in's with the law?

[cdf]

well put mayor mike, congress has enough to do and with the state of our country they are not doing it very well......new york city has a very good police department!

[I dont miss NY]

Soon enough minorities will be the majority, then there will be hell to pay. The door is already wide open wth the mexicans. Blacks and hispanics despise the system because of the injustice not for the laws. you reap what you sow.

As for rissypetto's comment those "run ins" have a name, racial profiling.

[Get real]

It's not racial profiling. The black population in the city commits more crime. Period. You cannot dispute cold hard statistics. Nobody can. Where are all the rallies for the cops who were murdered. When will the city be shut down for them. When will the black community leaders, the blowhard politicians and overnight religious leaders call for reform in welfare rolls, and tax fueled subsities that bread these criminals. Where was Sharpton when P.O. Tomishenko was murdered by a black man. Where was he when P.O. Stewart was murdered by a black man. Det. Rafferty and Det. Parker were murdered by a black man. Det Andrews and Det. Nemorin EXECUTED by a black man. Auxiliary P.O.'s Marshalik and Pekearo murdered by a black man. These men, hero's that died honorably in service to a city that seems to despise them. The NYPD should shut down all police functions for 24hrs. Let Al and his action network takeover. The people of N.Y. might value the NYPD then.

[Bangkok Bill]

Obama is going to put the black Muslims in charge of the POOOLICE.

[Heywood]

It looked to me that two of the officers involved black ?

[Observant]

I dont miss NY wrote:

Soon enough minorities will be the majority, then there will be hell to pay. The door is already wide open wth the mexicans. Blacks and hispanics despise the system because of the injustice not for the laws. you reap what you sow.
As for rissypetto's comment those "run ins" have a name, racial profiling.

Racial profiling? Bulls**t! Blacks and Hispanics have more run ins with the law because they commit more crime, PERIOD. If you don't believe me, then check out the DEATH RATES for blacks in this country for instance. Blacks are SIX times as likely to die violently in America as whites. Why? Because they are officially SEVEN times as likely to commit murder. Virtually ALL of the violent crime in New York City is committed by blacks and Hispanics. Ghetto thugs have shot this city up for decades and it's about time to show ZERO tolerance to the savage ghetto thug culture which is responsible.

If cops weren't stopping more blacks and Hispanics than anyone else then they wouldn't be doing their job right - I'm sorry. If you think it's "racism", then how come black and Hispanic cops stop these groups more too? Is it because they're "ordered to by their racist white masters"? I bet that's what you'd say. Well, phooey! That's just horses**t. They stop blacks and Hispanics more often because in the vast, vast majority of cases, the victims of crimes identify their attackers as being black or Hispanic.

You don't like this situation? Tough. Do something about thug culture. Ghetto communities in this city have to be policed so much more intensely than any other communities because that's where virtually all the crime is committed. Is it the fault of the cops that blacks and Hispanics commit most of the violent crime? No! So quit attacking them.

What you obviously want is a return back to the days of Dinkins when he ordered the cops to take a softly softly approach and to make sure blacks and Hispanics weren't stopped any more frequently than anyone else. The result? Tens of thousands of blacks and Hispanics were murdered. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? Just say the word.

[The Blackcloud]

Go ahead and cut the Federal funding---only the savage Ghetto dwellers will suffer anyway. Common sense should dictate here----take away Police in the Ghetto and they'll kill each other in no time. While they're at it--why doesn't Fat Al give them all guns to protect themselves from the Police---then the savages will kill each other a lot faster!!!

[The Blackcloud]

Hey--Dinky was Mayor in 1990 along with Superman Ray Kelly as commish--If I remember correctly--it was a time of the most murders ever recorded in the City's history!! 2245 murders in 1990 alone.

Bring Dinky back with Fat Al and it should settle the problem of crime in the city--the way I look at it--the Ghetto dwellers will annihilate each other in a few short years!!!

[hojo]

notparhS aL kcuF wrote:

I hope a black person kills Al Sharpton or one of his loved ones. Then the NYPD should arrest and immediately release the perp, just to show that hey have some love for the darkies.

Actually a White man stabbed Al Sharpton.Sharpton testified that the guy shouldn't go to jail, but if he did he'd offer him employement once he was released.This isn' about Al Sharpton much as you and others try to make it about him.It's about the NYPD who has history of murdering innocent Black New Yorkers.If the Mayor Bloomeberg and Police Commissoner Ray Kelly can't control the problem, then as a tax paying,law abiding New Yorker I hope congress does step in.Enough of this "accidents" or "mistakes" is enough.

[hojo]

Observant wrote:

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You stupid ignorant uneducated ghetto moron. Why don't you try asking the literally TENS of thousands of minority lives that have been SAVED by the NYPD since Giuliani ordered them to flex their muscles, if "this is a police department that works". Ask them, ask their kids, their friends and family.
Sean Bell was dealt with in a manner appropriate to his thug behavior that night. It's about time the focus was put not on the cops who save so many ghetto lives, but on the ghetto culture which causes so many bloodbaths in this city every day. I've had just about enough of listening to the pig ignorant pro-crime pro-violence pro-thug pro-savagery opinions of cop-hating ghetto skunks in this city and I think the majority of decent people have as well.

You're the racist moron, who has no idea what your talking about.Let the police murder one of your innocent loved ones and let's see how understanding you'd be.Tell us just what "thuggish" behavior Mr.Bell and his party demonstrated that night justifying murdering him.I'll await your response.

[sick and tired]

Ask how many white women have been raped and murdered by minorities in this city for the last 50 years, guaranteed its in the thousands, but does the white community go on city stopping demonstations? Having said that, i,as a old white guy know about the thuggishness behavior of some cops even 50 years ago, the cops today are wussies compared to what treatment even whites received from white cops 75 years and more, ago,i don't condone killing anyone who is innocent,but if the "gangsta" mentality didnt exist, these things would not happen at the rate they do!and ps, jesse jacka ss, and al sharpton are the interlopers in this city, not the whites from 125 street!

[outrage]

it is time to federal monitor the police department

[Ex Animal Trainer]

The NYPD is the most restrained P.D. in the nation if not the world. I spent over 25 years patrolling the streets of New York from the corners of Stone and Sutter to the bowels of Washington Heights. Congress and especially that grandstanding piece of shit Conyers should look at he real problem Black on Black crime and Black on WHITE crime. It is a fact that they refuse to acknowledge. Oh by the way Shithead Conyers in the past 18 months of the Perp's trial, Bell that is, in this city alone there have been 500 Homicides of Blacks committed by BLACKS. Numbers don't lie just you a grandstanding piece of turd.

[Oink]

NYPD has a history with 4 or 5 black men killed by police in the past 20 years? Compare that to the number of calls they make and it is a small percentage.

Civil Disobedience is still Disobedience.

[maggie]

Congress is running our country ....Hmmmmmm!!

Imagine what would happen if they took over Police Departments.

[Eric]

Good for Bloomberg. What ever happened to state sovereignty? Putting Congress in charge of state matters will create a bureaucracy beyond comprehension. And why in God's name is Congress even entertaining the likes of "Reverend" Al Sharpton? This guy has to be one of the most ardent, publicly-recognized racists in the U.S. today and has been involved in a number of cases where he's fueled racial tensions for personal notariety (i.e. Tawana Brawley, Duke rape scandal). The fact that our Federal government is even allowing this guy to speak is a testament to just how far politicians are willing to bend over for the sake of votes from and appeasement of the minority community.

[Ben]

The Mayor is correct,but Commissioner Kelly should think about retirement.Time for new leadership......

[NYRESQ]

hojo wrote:

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You're the racist moron, who has no idea what your talking about.Let the police murder one of your innocent loved ones and let's see how understanding you'd be.Tell us just what "thuggish" behavior Mr.Bell and his party demonstrated that night justifying murdering him.I'll await your response.

Well they tried to run over a officer, they were witnessed and admitted to patronizing a prostitute, smoking weed, disorderly conduct, loitering, DWI since bell was legally intoxicated more then twice the limit, also under the infulence of a controled substance, wreckless endangerment and the list goes on. Thats all thuggish behavior.