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Showing Original Post only (View all)i am ashamed of the officers at the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos. [View all]
and shame on them.
it was despicable.
i hope the good citizens of new york will rally around their mayor who was elected by a landslide.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-2013-elections-99438.html
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i am ashamed of the officers at the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos. [View all]
spanone
Dec 2014
OP
The problem is that there may only be one rotten apple in the barrel but the rest
rhett o rick
Dec 2014
#13
It was an honest speech. He is a good person and the NYPD are disgracing themselves.
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#71
Would they also turn their backs on us citizens under the right (or should I say wrong?) circumstances? . . .
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2014
#77
"I really want people to remember that Bill de Blasio was blamed for police deaths by virture of..
Cha
Dec 2014
#10
not true. i know some that are real and do it right. pat lynch was wrong to blame the mayor.
spanone
Dec 2014
#17
of course there are some, but there are too many who are bad even if they are not majority
JI7
Dec 2014
#24
Anyone else in any other job would be fired on the spot for such shameful behavior! This shows how
Raine
Dec 2014
#20
de Blasio explicitly ran on reining in the police, and he won in a massive landslide
alcibiades_mystery
Dec 2014
#25
Didn't Staten Island just re-elected a convicted felon and Republican, Rep. Grimm, to the House?
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2014
#34
Yeah. In this most of emotional times, when two of their own were executed, I say HANG 'EM!
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2014
#30
wrong. the mayor did nothing. in a business that's all about honor & respect, they failed.
spanone
Dec 2014
#31
DeBlowhard said he was worried about the safety of his son in the face of the NYPD.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2014
#37
Statistics say the Mayor of NY doesn't have to worry about the safety of his son, black or white.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2014
#40
Oh, I'm not so sure about that... but if you say, then let it be so.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2014
#43
The better question may be how many think they can get away with murder.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2014
#91
Instead of honoring their fallen policeman they have chosen to disrupt a funeral
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#32
you are welcome to your opinion. i strongly disagree. there is a time, there is a place
spanone
Dec 2014
#67
I followed your link. A link I guess plays a little better than straight out saying a father should
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#84
No father of a black son needs to apologize for telling their son how to mitigate their potential
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#92
No, you are still calling the content unacceptable and when you do that you are missing a
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#95