Policiers assassinés à New York: “I’m Putting Wings On Pigs Today"

Geste isolé ou réelle escalade autour de la question raciale? Un noir américain a piégé et tué deux policiers hier à New York. Il avait dévoilé ses intentions sur Instagram (la citation du titre). Avant de s'enlever la vie, le tueur avait clairement référé aux cas récents de Ferguson (Michael Brown) et New York (James Garner). Souhaitons qu'on parvienne à éviter les débordements... Déjà le maire Bill de Blasio avait soulevé l'ire des policiers dernièrement en soulignant que les cas comme ceux de Garner et Brown était plus ou moins le fruit de trop longues années de racisme. Si de Blasio a relevé la qualité du travail des policiers, il a également souligné les droits des manifestants. Sans compter qu'il a précisé auprès de son fils (noir) les risques des interactions avec les forces de l'ordre...

 "But the shooting on Saturday seemed reminiscent of decades past, when the city was mired in an epidemic of drugs and violence and, in 1988, a police officer was shot while he sat alone in his patrol car guarding the home of a man who had testified in a drug case. That killing shook the city, sparking an escalation in the war on drugs and an aggressive crackdown on violent crime. Mr. Bratton said that the attack on Saturday was the seventh time since 1972 that partners in the Police Department had been killed at the same time.

The killing seemed to drive the wedge between Mr. de Blasio and rank-and-file officers even deeper. Video posted online showed dozens of officers turning their backs to the mayor as he walked into anews conference on Saturday night.

“There’s blood on many hands tonight — those that incited violence on the street under the guise of protests, that tried to tear down what New York City police officers did every day," the head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch, said outside Woodhull Hospital. He added, “That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor.”

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