‘Fox & Friends’ law enforcement panel weighs in.
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Last week I sat down with an
Nypd officer to hear his
experience front lines, first
hand on defund, the police
movement evening, the politics
on our law enforcement and the
failures of local leaders
at his request. We have hidden
his face and we altered his
voice, so he can speak freely.
Take a look
when I became a police
officer many years ago. I never
thought that I would have to put
this uniform on and be looked at
as the enemy and to be hated
and its not fair, because we
sacrifice ourselves every day, no
matter what your skin color is
its sad, its sad
and you know, tenure here in
the Nypd. I can never ever
imagine that it would be this
bad as far as not being
supported
when you say there is a lack
of support and those that have an agenda towards police who
an agenda towards police. Who
are you talking about
the mayor, the City Council, the
mayors office? How do you feel about mayor?
How do you feel about Mayor
DE blasio
that man does not care about
police?
He doesnt care about black lives. He is more ceshedz with
lives. He is more ceshedz with
painting. Our crime rate has trip
pelt.
Our shootings were about seven hundred and seventy seven,
whereas if you look at the
comparison from twenty nineteen, we were at
that for the whole year and we
still have six months left.
How widely held within the
plement are the De Blasio just
voiced that you hold.
I will put it to you like
this.
The term for Nypd that is going
around in every commands in the
city is the job is dead.
You would be crazy to take this
job now, in this day and age,
lack of support from the DAS
office,
a lack of prosecutions,
criminals being released from
prison,
possibly criminals that you had
busted at one point.
Yes,
now being released.
How douse that make you feel?
Why would you even want to
put the uniform on to do your
job if were putting them in
jail for the crimes that they
commit and the d dot a is just
going to release them
whats the point of even
whats the point of doing the
job in it defeats the purpose
its a revolving door
will have you had criticism for
De Blasio and many in New York,
critical administration?
Have you been critical of
Democrats and this
administration? You know I would never look at
you know. I would never look at
myself as one to follow politics.
Politics used to be a Democrat,
now im a Republican.
Will you believe the President
Trump supports law enforcement,
absolutely
from what you have seen. Do
you believe Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris would support police
officers?
Absolutely not
absolutely not.
They would not support us
people who allow these
protesters to talk about how
they want to defund. The police
department were there to make
sure nothing happens to them, but
they want us dead.
Will sorry you feel that way
that morale within the
department,
how widespread
its not just Nypd its
across the United States,
its sad thats, where we are at
right now,
people who are saying that were
afraid were not afraid.
We just want to be supported.
Lets bring our law
enforcement panel to react.
Joining me now is black lives
matter, Nyc founder Joseph Pair
trees,
Dr Darrin Porcher and former
Nypd detective, Dr Oscar Odom,
Dr Porcher. Let me start with
you.
I think the risk anything when
you are asking someone about
their experience with morale is
you just might be getting one
persons point of view,
but now we luckily have two
other officers who served with
the Nypd
im curious. Can you tell me
what you hear from your former
colleagues?
Do you hear that morale is as
low as was just described?
Absolutely.
I was a cop during the early
1990s when the crack epidemic
was plaguing New York city.
Morale was at an all time low
because had you officers not
only fighting the crack wars but
war on crime,
no support coming from the
community
when we fast forward to todays
day and time
we see the morale is at a
complete all time low.
We have politicians that are
aligning themselves with the
radical left and subsequently
creating a state of anarchy, and
this is something thats
reflective in cities such as
Seattle, Portland, Chicago
and New York City. You will, as we
move forward. We need to do
whats necessary to bolster the
morale, because the tea leaves
clearly reflect that when the
morale is low, the crime goes
up
will seeming to illustrate your
point,
I want you to take a look at
this. This is the number of
resignations retirements and
filings since May 25th at the
Nypd
UP, eight percent
from May 25th to August 11Th,
almost two thousand filings to leaf the
force where it was just above
one thousand at the same time. Last
year,
Dr Odom, how do you explain
this?
What has changed?
Well, as stated earlier,
the political backing has
definitely changed.
There is no support for the
police officer.
If you look at the morale being
low,
you will look at the recent
federal judge ruling to make
police records public.
Also the question that I would
then ask I would say: do you
make criminal records public for
everyone to look at?
Do you make criminal records
public for those who have been
arrested and not been convicted?
You want to make police officers
records public, but you dont
want to make the criminal record
public
so there we have a lot of issues
going on there,
and then we have a lot of
officers that are also veterans
that served their country and
also served in a war,
and these people sleep under the
blanket like a blanket of the
very freedom is that we provide-
and this is how we are repaid-
they have a short memory,
they forget nine, slash eleven and let people
come out and attack police
officers on camera and being
incock doctrine. Nateed and
nothing is happening.
I sty them to. Please read the
data.
Look at the numbers
look at the crime going up
and then make a decision
not only that get rid of the
detail.
If you think crime is at
all time low and you feel safe,
get rid of your police detail,
let your protection go,
walk around yourself and walk
around in your utopia, say the
magic words to make it
disappear.
Will Joseph it strikes me if
officers leaving the force is at
all time high. Who will be left
that chooses to be a police
officer?
Well, the problem is, there is
always people leaving.
I took this job because its in
my blood,
my grandfather was a cop
detectives are so proud to go
bad guy, but they are released
backed into thebacked into the S
more crimes.
Officers are afraid to put any
pressure on a suspect because
they are afraid of going to jail,
and these politicians and the
city, council and mayor
selectively enforce penal law.
We swore an oath to protect the
constitution and the people we
serve,
but though dont allow us to go
out there and do that job.
That officer, I have to give so
much credit.
Some officers feel that way
you wouldnt think it,
but the truth needs to come out
and things needs to change
will striking
what will be left of our law
enforcement offices across this
country
who will be left to police our
streets.
Dr Darrin Porcher, Dr Oscar.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-22.