Fighting violence & racism one violent protest at a time |
The poster is part of Black History Month, as opposed to Asian History Month or White History Month, or Native American History Month. Oh wait, those other ones don't exist.
Three retired NYPD officers told CBS2 New York that they believe the poster is hate speech and does not belong in a courthouse.
"Black Lives Matter' we feel is anti-police and the rhetoric that they spew is anti-police and we've actually had them on video walking the streets of New York City calling for the death of police officers," retired NYPD officer Ed Munoz said. "So for it to be hanging in a courtroom, we find outrageous."
The hypocritical poster reads: "Stop The Violence, Black Lives Matter, Stop the Racism."
Visitors to the courthouse had varied opinions. One person said "I think it's highly political and controversial."
Another visitor probably visiting the courthouse after being served a subpoena said, "I don't think it's anti-cop, it's just awareness of what's going on in society today." When further questioned about who they believe would make the best candidate for president in the next election the same visitor replied: "What election?"
State judge C. Randall Hinrichs, the overseer of Suffolk County courts told the media that there are no plans to remove it and if anyone tries, he will get the "Black Lives Matter" folks to beat the crap out of them.
Just kidding. What he really said was "It is not the intention of the court to put forth any anti-law enforcement message. This is the cultural response of a middle school student, here in Central Islip, to present-day America."
He said that the last thing he wants to do is to offend law enforcement. After he does that, all will be well with him, I suppose.
"It talks about stopping violence and racism, which are admirable sentiments, and I know it's interpreted by different people, different ways," he said, possibly making reference to the retired Marine who was ambushed and beaten by a group of BLM teens outside a McDonald's restaurant last week.
Maybe Hinrichs sees that as their way of fighting violence.
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