A coalition of 18 police unions in New York state has banded together with plans to oppose New York City’s recently approved police reform bill – which one union spokesman described as “political grandstanding” by Bill de Blasio, the city’s Democrat mayor, according to a report.
– including those that represent the Big Apple’s transit, Port Authority and courthouse officers – filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court to overturn the city’s bill, WCBS-TV of New York City reported.
Police personnel in New York City and other jurisdictions across the U.S. have been under increased scrutiny since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. That case – plus others, including in Atlanta and Louisville, Ky. – have helped fuel a “Defund the police” movement among liberals to either scale back or even eliminate local police department budgets.
The left’s efforts have also included stepped-up campaigns to seek the firings and prosecutions of officers accused of using excessive force while doing their jobs.
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