A Brazen Gunman, 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Shot and the Fallout

I guess it’s just because gunfire has become such a daily occurrence that we overlook the obvious. Beyond the castigations and the politics is the obvious question: How does a man who spent 15 years in jail for heinous crimes, one with a weapon, get out of prison and get his hands on a gun.

I sympathize with the PD on this subject. However, the constant reckless statements by police union reps need to stop. The mayor may have issues. But, this is pure fear mongering.

Though he is often there to show "sympathy" when a police officer or firefighter is injured or killed, Warren Wilhelm sees those departments as a necessary annoyance.

IIRC, there hasn't been such a sobering round-up of NYC news in N Y Today in quite a while. Add to it the national news that our won former Mayor Bloomberg, whom we mostly liked and generally believed as a man of his word, might not have been as honest as we thought - je still was defending "stop and frisk" in 2015, and only had his opportunistic eureka moment when it was the only way to be a viable national candidate. (The more I think about it, maybe Corey Johnson, who seems incapable of holding in the truth about how he feels, may be safer because of the loose cannon aspect, and we know what we'll get!) That's why it was nice that the column ended with a life-affirming smile with the Diary on a news day like this., a friend joking around who seemed to be encouraging his friend to ak the lady out. I hadn't read it since the whole five-story Diary appeared in the weekend, and it was a helpful smile.

(It must have been very foggy last night. Even in Flatbush, I could hear ships' horns in New York Harbor -- the loveliest, most forlorn sound I know. One more reason to love Brooklyn.) As for today's news: "Mr. Williams’s lengthy criminal history includes an attempted-murder conviction in 2002 and additional run-ins with the police in recent years. He has spent nearly half his life in prison. "His family said he had been on a downward spiral that included a reversion to drugs and violence since the death of his only son in 2018." Ah, families. No doubt Mr. Williams was broken-hearted over his son's gun accident; but what about Mr. Williams's criminal history before 2018? Still, that's families, and you can't blame them for making excuses. It's what families usually do. Where it gets sticky is when blind loyalty interferes with police work. My uncle's waywardness used to be blamed on his almost fatal bouts of malaria, picked up in the Philippines during World War Two.

so awful. now that BLM and others have stirred up anti-police sentiment, which has resulted in numerous attacks on police... are police officer more or less likely to be trigger happy? is police officer violence on citizens more likely or less; clearly MORE likely post these types of attacks. Negative sentiment toward police is so overdone. statistics show that the vast majority of death by cop are toward folks that were armed and resisting. A couple years ago the Washington Post looked at every single death by cop over a three year period. The statistics are clear. The media blows everything negative out of proportion; they don't report the many many daily acts serving the community by police officer. They only report what will transfix us to our screens so they can sell ads, apparently. folks stirring up anti-police sentiment would do well by first addressing black on black violence. This is a far far greater threat to people than cop-on-black violence. The numbers are clear.

Well, well, well! Maybe I am sick of BLM and the rest of the anti-cop movement. They want to be "free" from their perception of police oppression, whatever that means. Well, we all want to live in a free country, but that does not mean you can get drunk or high and drive. That does not mean you are allowed harm others in any way. That does not mean everyone should be "free" to have a gun. That does not mean you can shoot police. That does not mean police can shoot us without just cause. That does not mean that you are allowed to do anything you feel like just because you claim your "freedom" justifies violent acts against anyone. You can not sell illegal or prescription medication intended for someone else. Mr. Williams says he is "tired of police officers." Well, Mr. Williams, we are tired of violent offenders like you and your ilk. And I haven't even started on the worst mayor New York State: De Blasio.

So a man shoots an armed policeman in a van and then shoots another in a police station and only gives up when he runs out of bullets. Doesn't this go against the view that if you arm everyone that will prevent gun violence? Why doesn't the police commissioner say that this is what happens when guns are so readily available. If it only had to do with how tough the legal system was, there would be no shootings in Texas which has a conservative legal system and essentially no gun regulations.