Governor Cuomo’s order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor for police shootings of unarmed suspects pussyfoots around the real problem, which is resisting arrest, Michael J. Palladino, president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, said July 9.
“Politics is amazing,” he said. “Last week, law enforcement shot and wounded an unarmed prison escapee, David Sweat, and Governor Cuomo labeled the Trooper a hero. This week, under the Governor’s new policy, had prisoner David Sweat succumbed to his wounds, the same Trooper would be stripped of his hero label and introduced to the special prosecutor.”
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