been watching this week. the new york city police union has words for those who commented after the controversial take-down of former tennis star james blake. you will recall blake was mistakenly tackled and handcuffed by an undercover nypd officer last week who was investigating a credit card fraud ring. in an open letter to reporters, the union calls out pundits saying in part, if you have never struggled with someone who is resisting arrest or who pulled a gun or a knife on you when you approach them for breaking a law, then you re not qualified to judge the actions of police officers putting themselves in harm s way for the public good. the officer who arrested blake has been placed on modified assignment during the investigation of the incident. the nypd has apologized to blake. we will have much more on the stories we re following for you out west. back to the flooding in utah. it is amazing and wild for the people that are living through this. then there are the fires that
the new york city police union has words for those that commented after the controversial takedown of james blake. he was mistakenly take led and handcuffed by an undercover nypd officer investigating a credit card fraud ring and the union calls out pundits saying in part, if you have never struggled with someone who is resisting arrest or who pulled a gun or knife on you approaching them for breaking a law then you are not qualified to judge the actions of police officers putting themselves in harm s way for the public good. the officer who arrested blake is placed on modified assignment in the investigation. the nypd apologized to him. i m joined by amanda sacuma. when s the union looking to accomplish with this letter? the police union s president patrick lynch come forward trying to splash cold water on the public reaction after this
back. in addition to that, that kind of settlement tax as city. who pays for this? taxpayers. when we think about, this a victory is not for one family to get a settlement or a judgment. a victory is for there to be an overhaul of the criminal justice system. i like what the president said. he gave us three cs. community, courtroom, and cell block. we need reform in each of those areas. not just one. i want to you respond, tom fuentes. the new york city police union, he called this settlement $5.9 million obscene. no police officers in new york city were charged in question, any criminal wrongdoing. your reaction? i think that s strong to indicate obscene. i think that it will be bound to happen when the police encounter somebody even if he resists arrest. what happened in this case. when the final outcome is that that person dies at the hands of the police or the hands of the
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relief and attorneys fees. they can get money. the police union held a news conference today in the city within the past hour. here s the crux of their argument. take a listen. racial profiling is already illegal and should be. what this does is handcuff the police officer on the street. when a description comes over, rather than saying a male white wearing jeans and a t-shirt, now it comes over jeans and a t-shirt. you ll stop a male white, a male black, a male asian and a woman. now you re stopping everyone. then it fwgives them the right they feel like they should not have been stopped, let s sue. where does that put the police officer? where does that put that man or woman wearing the uniform now? they make their job more difficult. almost impossible to do. sound like a strong argument? guess what, city council members today came out with their own statement.