COPS CAN CHOOSE TO SAVE THIR JOBS AND FREEDOM OR TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, BUT UNDER PC RULES, NOT BOTH

Law Enforcement Representatives From Across The Country Protest Sergeant’s Indictment At New York City Hall

By Stephanie Pagones

New York Post
July 13, 2017

Law enforcement representatives from across the country gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday to protest the treatment of an NYPD sergeant under fire for killing a mentally ill Bronx resident last year.

“We’ve had enough of weak politicians, weak leadership that run departments – chiefs, commissioners. And the breaking point occurred right here in this city last October in The Bronx with Sgt. Hugh Barry when he fatally shot Deborah Danner,” said Sergeant Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins.

Barry, 31, was charged with murder for shooting Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old known schizophrenic, in her Pugsley Avenue apartment in Caste Hill. Danner reportedly threatened police with scissors and then a bat before she was shot and killed.

Barry is the first NYPD cop since 1999 to be indicted for murder for an on-duty shooting. The decision to indict him has riled rank and file across the city.

“As a police officer you can choose to save your job or to safe your life, but you can’t do both,” said Jamie McBride, director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. “In New York, some politicians are now saying, ‘Choose your life or your freedom, but you definitely can’t have both.'”

Mullins’ Sergeants Benevolent Association were joined by approximately 45 representatives from law enforcement agencies, such as from Miami, Oklahoma City and California.

“Mayor de Blasio, shame. Police Commissioner O’Neill, shame. District Attorney Clark, shame,” said Sgt. Paul Kelly, president of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association. “Shame on all of you for trying to destroy the life and the freedom of a police officer and using Sgt. Hugh Barry as a pawn in your political games.”