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NY Dem says liking tweet comparing NYPD to Nazis was mistake, cops at fallen officer’s funeral a ‘health risk’
A New York Democratic assemblywoman is strolling again a “like” she made on Twitter evaluating New York Metropolis cops to Nazis.
New York Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou “favored” a tweet evaluating the 1000’s of New York Metropolis cops who attended the funeral for fallen Officer Jason Rivera to Nazis, in accordance with the New York Day by day Information.
In response to a tweet the place Niou stated that New York Metropolis cops had been a “huge well being threat to each New Yorker” for not sporting a masks inside the subway system, one Twitter person in contrast the cops to Nazis.
Niou favored the tweet, in accordance with the New York Day by day Information. Niou didn’t reply to Fox Information’ inquiries.
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New York State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou
(New York State Meeting)
Rivera was shot whereas responding to a home violence name involving a mom and her son on Jan. 21. His associate, Wilbert Mora, was additionally shot and died days later in a hospital as a consequence of accidents sustained from the taking pictures.
When reached for touch upon the “like,” Niou stated that it was a mistake and un-liked it.
“Typically you simply unintentionally press stuff,” she instructed the New York Day by day Information. “I’ll in contrast to it … I wouldn’t have favored it.”
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She didn’t specific remorse for calling the maskless cops a public well being threat.
Cops attend a funeral service for NYPD officer Jason Rivera, who was killed within the line of responsibility whereas responding to a home violence name, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral within the Manhattan borough of New York Metropolis, U.S., January 28, 2022.
(Reuters/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)
“The one factor I assumed was disgusting was they had been purposefully not sporting their masks. It was a present,” Niou stated. “It was a present of drive. That was a alternative.”
NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was killed within the line of responsibility Friday evening.
(NYPD)
In an announcement, Patrick Lynch, president of the New York Metropolis Police Benevolent Affiliation responded to the tweet, and stated that crime is rising as a result of New York legislators are “busy boosting anti-cop hate on-line.’
“For this reason our streets have gotten uncontrolled. Our legislators are busy boosting anti-cop hate on-line when they need to be fixing the legal guidelines that they broke. We’re glad that New Yorkers despatched a powerful message final week and once more this week. We’re not going to let self-serving politicians divide us once more,” Lynch instructed Fox Information Digital on Wednesday.
