A New York City police officer has accused anti-police councilors of “hypocrisy” after they begged police to rescue them after receiving “terrifying” threats.
new york postcites sources in the New York City Police Department saying that after threats were made against New York City Councilmembers Chi Ose and Shahana Hanif, as well as Yusef Salam and Carlina Rivera, officers removed the pearls. I told him that I was still holding on to him.
“I’m disgusted,” one staff member texted a council colleague. “I have been clutching pearls of gold about some of the threats that have been made against Osse, and some that are considered credible by public safety and the New York City Police Department. ”
“And for him to be such a critic, if the PD is saying we need to evacuate/be careful, then we need to listen,” another official responded.
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New York City Councilman Chi O-se has been a vocal critic of the New York City Police Department. (Andrea Renaud/AFP via Getty Images)
Hanif’s staff complained of “sophisticated” and “particularly alarming” threats called into her office and praised law enforcement for their “very quick response,” the newspaper reported. Ta.
One Brooklyn police officer told the Post that this is what you would expect from a “hypocritical politician.”
“We can’t expect anything less from a few hypocritical politicians,” a police officer told the outlet. “They don’t want police officers, so why not hire private security?”
New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif. Mr. Hanif is a critic of the New York City Police Department and a vocal supporter of anti-Israel movements. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The four Democratic City Council members have been vocal critics of the NYPD and have pushed for controversial policies such as the How Many Stops Act, which would require officers to record basic information during low-level encounters.
Along with their anti-cop rhetoric, City Council members have been vocal supporters of the pro-Palestinian protests raging across the Big Apple.
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New York City Council member Carlina Rivera speaks at the rally. Rivera spoke out against police. (Luis C. Ribeiro, NY Daily News, via Getty Images)
Hanif was arrested at an anti-Israel rally in Bryant Park in October, less than a month after Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel.
“On October 20th, I was arrested along with a multiracial coalition of New Yorkers, including two members of my team, many Muslims and Jews, many of whom were “For the first time, I risked arrest to ask Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to support the ceasefire in Gaza,” Hanif wrote in an Instagram post after her arrest. “I am proud to join the calls for peace of so many of our Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish neighbors. We have seen enough bloodshed. Officials need to call for a ceasefire now.”
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Osse, Salam and Rivera also call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mr. Océ, Mr. Hanif, Mr. Salam and Mr. Rivera for comment.
