De Blasio Has No Intention of Fixing Riff with NYPD … NYC Mayor Reappointed Brooklyn Judge Laura Johnson

NYC Mayor Continues to poke his finger in the eyes of the NYPD … De Blazio is a Disgrace.

It would appear that NYC Mayor Bill De Blazio plans to challenge Barack Obama for the #1 community agitator of 2015. After saying that he supports police and wants to bridge the divide that currently exists between the NYPD and the Mayors office, De Blazio reappointed Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Laura Johnson to another year on Wednesday. This is the same judge who let individuals out of jail without bail who  made terrorist threats against police officers.  One of who was a gang member charged with posting police death threats online. REALLY? This is the mayor that wants to make amends with the police? What a crock.

Sergeants union chief Ed Mullins said of De Blasio’s actions, “He had the opportunity to demonstrate good will and support for the police, and he once again has demonstrated the opposite.” Dennis Quirk, the head of the state ­court officers union, called de Blasio’s decision “a disgrace.”

NYC Mayor De Blazio, left – Judge Laura Johnson, right

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered another blow to New York’s Finest on Wednesday when he reappointed a Brooklyn judge who freed without bail two men who threatened cops just days after the Bed-Stuy double police assassination.

The stunning decision came even as one of the suspects — a gang member charged with posting police death threats online — skipped a court date and had a warrant out for his arrest, sources said.

Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Laura Johnson had faced a midnight expiration of her term. She was appointed by then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg in January 2013.

Her one-year, interim reappointment by de Blasio outraged law enforcement officials a day after he met with the heads of five police unions to heal his fractured relationship with cops.

“The mayor’s actions of reappointing this judge are completely hypocritical to his argument that he’s pro-police and counterproductive to what he claims to be an effort to open dialogue going forward,” said sergeants union chief Ed Mullins.

“He had the opportunity to demonstrate good will and support for the police, and he once again has demonstrated the opposite.”

The head of the state ­court officers union, Dennis Quirk, called de Blasio’s decision “a disgrace.”

With these types of actions by De Blazio, no one has the right to tell the NYPD that they have no right to turn their backs to this Judas.

UPDATE I: The Daily News discusses whether de Blasio’s tense relationship with the NYPD casting shadow over DNC bid for 2016.

In other words, Democrat Party officials could care less that their liberal NYC mayor does not support the people who protect and serve, but rather the optics and how it will cast a bad light on Democrats. Screw the police, this is just about the further liberal politicization of the police doing their job.

 Party officials are concerned the bad blood might still be an issue when the convention is held in 2016, stealing the spotlight from the party’s presidential nominee, a top Democrat told the Daily News.

“They’re worried about the optics,” said the source, who is familiar with the Democratic National Committee’s deliberations.

“Will [the police] turn their backs on the mayor? They don’t want side stories. The story should be the convention.”

Peachtree City, GA Police Chief William McCollum’s Wife Shot and Critically Wounded, Police Chief Placed on Leave During Investigation by GBI (Update: 911 Tape, Shot Wife in His Sleep)

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting that took place early this morning, January 1, 2015, at the home of Peach Tree City, GA Chief of police William McCollum. According to reports, the wife, 58 year old Margaret McCollom, of the Peach Tree City Chief of Police was shot and critically wounded. She was taken to Atlanta Medical Center in critical condition. McCollum has been placed on administrative leave pending the GBI investigation and an internal review. McCollom told the GBI the shooting happened with his service revolver.

The GBI has been called in to investigate a predawn shooting Thursday that critically wounded the wife of Peachtree City’s police chief.

Officers responded to Chief William McCollum’s home on Autumn Leaf shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday in reference to a person shot call, according to Peachtree City police Lt. Mark Brown.

Brown said the woman was taken to Atlanta Medical Center in critical condition.

Peach Tree City Police press release:

A police press release said, “On January 1st, 2015 at approximately 4:17 a.m. officers responded to 103 Autumn Leaf, Peachtree city, GA (MAP) in reference to a person shot call. The victim was transported to the Atlanta Medical Center by air helicopter where she is listed in critical condition.

“The investigation into this incident has been turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation due to the husband of the victim being the Peachtree City Chief of Police. The Chief of Police has been placed on administrative leave by the City Manager pending the completion of the investigation and an internal review.

911 Call Placed by William McCollom to Fayette County 911 Center

UPDATE I: 911 Tape says Chief of police shot his wife in his sleep … We were sleeping when I shot my wife.

The police chief in an upscale community outside Atlanta said he was sleeping when he moved a gun in the bed and accidentally shot his wife in the back, according to a 911 tape released Friday.

“Who shot her?” the 911 operator asked William McCollom, the police chief in Peachtree City, Georgia.

“Me,” McCollom replied.

“How did you shoot her?”

“The gun was in the bed, I went to move it, put it to the side, and it went off,” McCollom said.

“Is she awake?”

“No, everybody was sleeping,” McCollom said.

“No, is she awake now?”

“Yes,” he said.

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