Union Boss Blasts ‘Pundits’ Who Want Officer Who Tackled James Blake Fired
(DNAINFO) Murray Weiss — The head of the city’s largest police union came out swinging Tuesday at “pundits” and “arm chair judges” who called for the immediate dismissal of the NYPD officer who tackled former tennis star James Blakeoutside the Grand Hyatt last week.
Patrick Lynch, in an open letter addressed “to all arm-chair judges,” fired back at “editorial writers” and those who are calling for the dismissal of Officer James Frascatore without affording him due process by coming “to an instant conclusion that an officer’s action were wrong based upon nothing but silent video.”
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“That is irresponsible, unjust and un-American,” Lynch continued. “Worse than that your uninformed rhetoric is inflammatory and only serves to worsen police/community relations.”