When City Councilman Brad Lander recently called for postponement of a scheduled police class to avoid classroom cuts at the Department of Education and Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch responded by accusing him of again pursuing an "anti-cop agenda," there was something almost reassuring about the heated choreography.
Mr. Lander was filling what he perceives as his institutional role as a left-of-center elected official, Mr. Lynch performing his as a police-union leader whose members recently had a taste of what it's like to work short-handed when roughly 9,000 cops last month were unavailable for duty because of the coronavirus. Mr. Lander was being unnecessarily provocative, but both acted within their accustomed roles.
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