Afraid of Public Backlash for Doing Their Jobs
By Eric Carriere, December 30, 2014.
Following the assassination of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, many NYPD police officers are starting to let minor offenses slide out of fear of public backlash.
“I’m not writing any summonses. Do you think I’m going to stand there so someone can shoot me or hit me in the head with an ax?” said one police officer on Sunday.
“I’m concerned about my safety,” the cop added. “I want to go to home to my wife and kids.”
A supervisor with the NYPD has noticed the drop in recording summonses.
“My guys are writing almost no summonses and probably only making arrests when they have to — like when a store catches a shoplifter,” he said.
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