Rob Pincus
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Howard Safir, Commissioner of NYPD, was on Larry King live tonight, discussing the recent police shooting in NY, and I think he did a great job of acknowledging the mistake that was made, while explaining how and why it could have happened.
Others were also on the show, making their own points and I think that they did a great job of showing that they have no conception of what could have happened that night and are using this incident as a political focal point, either to advnace their own agendas or to get a few minutes fo camera time.
One thing that did not come up with the commissioner was the idea which was one of the main issues early in this situation. There was initially a suggestion made that the federal Gov't should have investigated this shooting, in fact, one of the first reports I heard about this incident was centered around the fact that the Feds wanted to move in immediately and indict the officers, with no investigation and without the normal process being followed.
This lead quickly to discusssion of the Justice Department becoming active in "policing the police." Essentially turning the FBI into a de facto Internal Affairs for local LEAs across the country.
That would be riduclous, IMHO,and one more step in the wrong direction towards an even more invasive federal gov't.
[This message has been edited by Rob (edited April 01, 1999).]
Others were also on the show, making their own points and I think that they did a great job of showing that they have no conception of what could have happened that night and are using this incident as a political focal point, either to advnace their own agendas or to get a few minutes fo camera time.
One thing that did not come up with the commissioner was the idea which was one of the main issues early in this situation. There was initially a suggestion made that the federal Gov't should have investigated this shooting, in fact, one of the first reports I heard about this incident was centered around the fact that the Feds wanted to move in immediately and indict the officers, with no investigation and without the normal process being followed.
This lead quickly to discusssion of the Justice Department becoming active in "policing the police." Essentially turning the FBI into a de facto Internal Affairs for local LEAs across the country.
That would be riduclous, IMHO,and one more step in the wrong direction towards an even more invasive federal gov't.
[This message has been edited by Rob (edited April 01, 1999).]