#Protesters burn #Americanflags yanked from people’s porches before #officers swooped in. #burnflag #Queens #protest #NYPD pic.twitter.com/3wUev2LgEh
— Dean_Moses (@Dean_Moses) October 7, 2020
Captain Louron Hall, the NYPD’s 104th Precinct new commanding officer, told QNS officers didn’t stop last Tuesday’s protesters from taking flags off of Maspeth residents’ homes — which resulted in them burning them — because they didn’t witness it as it was happening.
“We were instructed to allow people to exercise their first amendment rights, but also to make sure no violence or vandalism took place,” Captain Hall said.
The protest was scheduled to take place from Brooklyn to Maspeth, and had about 100 individuals marching against police unions and QAnon on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Before the protest began, Captain Hall said the 104th Precinct received information that it would begin at the 108th Precinct and head toward the 104th.
That evening, the Jefferson L train station stop was being skipped while police barricaded the exits and entrances. Before the protest took off, an altercation between maskless police officers and a protester inside of his pickup truck took place, which culminated in the driver getting a summons for leaving their car door slightly open.
Throughout the march toward Maspeth, where protesters claimed President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association Ed Mullins either lived or had property, several police cars as well as police on bikes trailed them.
Captain Hall said that because police officers trailed behind the protesters, they didn’t witness when some of them began to take the U.S. flags from residents’ homes.
“I will tell you this, if officers would have seen the actual taking of the flags, they would have intervened in the way they did when they set them on fire,” Captain Hall said. “The mere burning of the flags, regardless how poor it looks, is their first amendment right. [But] officers took issue with it because of the danger it poses to everyone.”
Before protesters could light a large fire, police on bikes swooped in, causing the protest to disband.
What the hell is going on at the NYPD? This new police captain is as befuddled as Baghdad Bob describing what happened at this botched protest. Seems like Commissioner Shea's gaslighter spin control methods describing these protests have trickled down or are policy now.
12 comments:
Consideratum. Marines raised the flag on Mt.Suribachi so these assholes could now burn it.
Biden/Harris voters.
Crappy;
He's not "befuddled." He knows exactly what's going on. It's either pressure from higher above or woke sympathy because of his own ethnicity. Or both. But there is no "befuddlement.
Last anon:
Please address me as JQ.
And you may be right that he's cognizant of what he's doing but half right about the motivation. It's definitely coming from Police Plaza and City hall, hence my description of his befuddlement.
Funny how fascists claim to be so patriotic, running around waving American flags(probably made in China) and wearing them like their own personal diaper. The same fascists have no problem voting for for a traitorous cheese-head who labeled the same people who fought against fascism and imperialism( Oh! do I see a correlation here) as suckers!
As for the cops, they've been too busy for the past 20 years staring at their phones to do anything worthwhile. First responders my ass. More like never responders. Anyway, what do you expect from a bunch of Trumpanzees.
Don't de-fund them, fire them all, starting at the top.
When Trump gets in and cuts funding to NYC all hell will break lose.
Captain Hall grow a pair of balls and tell us the real reason for not taking any action. You were told by 1PP to lay low and not take any action. The whole upper echelon of the NYPD seems to have given up on policing. Not that I blame them.
Having spent 25 years in the NYPD policing theses types of demonstrations, I have never heard of policing a demo from the rear. Don't make me laugh with your stupid and unbelievable answer. Don't insult all the all the present and retired MOS.
The real reason that cops are not doing anything is because of the ball less politicians and the upper echelon of the NYPD who cater to them.
It will only get worse after election day whoever wins.
Time for all decent people to get the hell out for this is headed to be another Detroit,Baltimore or any other democratic controlled city.
That's right - fire them, starting at the top, Cuomo & DiBlasio!
@BoredWithFascists said... Are you Antifa ?
@ BoredWithFascists
We know you are bored with yourself, did you try to entertain your family members with your really great wisdom?
Exercising 1st amendment rights???
how? ripping of flags? from other people's properties?
Some captain.
Are you Antifa ?
Nah just plain whatever...
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