Instead of thanking the Detectives for identifying, locating, and safely taking into custody Nicholas Stone who was caught on camera destroying public property, the Governor chose to play politics and brand the Officers’ actions as ‘obnoxious.’
No, Mr. Governor, those Detectives did what the government asked of them. What’s ‘obnoxious’ is your unjustified criticism of those men and women who are holding this City together, and the only ones preventing its descent into lawlessness.
These are the very same Detectives who go out every day and arrest those who are responsible for the shootings plaguing our most vulnerable communities. Our Mayor also jumped on the bandwagon in criticizing this “by-the-book” arrest.
Not to be outdone, the Speaker of the City Council weighed in with his own unreasonable criticism. Suspiciously, we don’t hear any remarks from him when another child is murdered in our City.
The politicians all seem to be trying to one-up each other and in the process they continue unfairly to demonize our police for no good reason.
In the current atmosphere where it seems expectations are changed by the hour, absurd and unworkable laws are passed and fault is found even when policing is done professionally and “by the book.” Who can blame our Detectives for feeling like they are just “one arrest away” from being figuratively thrown under the bus?
The DEA stands by our Detectives in making this appropriate and lawful arrest. The subject committed a crime and there was probable cause for Stone’s arrest. At a time when police are being assaulted and 100 police vehicles have been vandalized and burned, our Detectives acted swiftly and professionally in making this arrest without incident.
A society that makes enemies of its police had better learn to make friends with its criminals.
Paul DiGiacomo, President
