Michael O'Meara, the head of New York State's Police Benevolent Association, called out the media on Tuesday for what he describes as unfair treatment from the media. O'Meara says the media has propagated an anti-police among the populace and demands respect for law enforcement officers. "We all read in the paper all week that in the black community, mothers are worried about their children getting home from school without being killed by a cop," he said. "What world are we living in? That doesn’t happen. It does not happen! Everybody’s trying to shame us. Legislators. The press. Everybody’s trying to shame us into being embarrassed of our profession."
While addressing the murder of George Floyd, O'Meara said "We don’t condone Minneapolis. We roundly reject what he did as disgusting. It’s disgusting!. It’s not what we do. It’s not what police officers do. … He killed someone. We didn’t. We are restrained."
O'Meara focused much of his attention on former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin but did not mention the violent interactions initiated by police throughout the state of New York, particularly in New York City.
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