This tweet nailed it about the NYPD.....

[Playinghardball]

Delonte @mettawordlife83
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#NYPD officers if you really wanna make a statement, don't turn your backs to the Mayor, turn in your guns and badges and resign in protest.

9:01 AM - 4 Jan 2015

http://theobamadiary.com/

[belzabubba333]

1. beautiful - although i agree with the sentiment the creator of calvin really doesnt want his boy

drawn doing that kind of stuff

[Cosmic Kitten]

2. Why not?

[belzabubba333]

8. i believe he feels that it's disrespectful of calvins memory

ive been trying to find the quote but it started out " oh my poor boy .. it's hard to find he doesnt do interviews much and i havent been able to find it

[Cosmic Kitten]

13. Oh, well then of course ;~/

Once Calvin starts turning his back... or whatever...
the wrong message about insubordination will be
tangentially connected to a cartoon...
leading to the decline or law and order!
Thanks, Calvin

[belzabubba333]

19. thanks obama

[mopinko]

54. whoever did it is probably infringing on the copyright.

matt groening labored mightily on the ones with bart. artists have to fight that sort of thing to keep their rights.
i agree w you.

[gratuitous]

47. Bill Watterson has never licensed the images for anyone else to use

Which means that folks who produce those items are rip off trolls, first of all, and if they're selling the images, profiting off of someone else's work without that person's permission. While I'm not a fan of the perpetual copyright that the Disney corporation has managed to wangle for itself, basic courtesy should mean not stealing someone else's work, particularly when the artist is still alive.

[DeSwiss]

51. Political parody, notwithstanding I presume?

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

~George Orwell

[Playinghardball]

9. You're not going to stop the peeing Calvins...

http://gawker.com/five-fascinating-facts-about-the-history-of-peeing-calv-1599299196

>snip<

In a sense, Bill Watterson could have stopped all this, and made a lot of money to boot.

[Action_Patrol]

16. Including the quote that you used

Seems to imply that Watterson made money off the pissing Calvin stickers when he didn't.

[Action_Patrol]

18. Or maybe I'm the one reading it wrong

[TalkingDog]

46. Because, of course, in a Capitalist society everyone's integrity should be for sale.

No questions asked.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

3. Is that what you will tell every union member

who isn't happy with negotiations? Quit?

[R B Garr]

4. This isn't about union "negotiations". n/t

[uppityperson]

5. ones that are behaving poorly at being called out on their poor behavior in hurting

people? I've no problem with telling them to retire.

[Kber]

6. No - not every union member

Is that what the protest is about, you think? Is this simply a negotiating tactic?

I bet the Police Union would deny it if anyone asked.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

7. Of course, they are going to deny it!

They're not that stupid!

They were given a "request" not to turn their backs. They were not given an order.

Personally, I think it was a very stupid public relations move on their part.

[GreatGazoo]

10. they did something similar to Giuliani

The 1997 circulation of a flier (which was not officially union-endorsed) that officers could sign to request that Giuliani not attend their funerals if they were killed in the line of duty. The mayor was engaged in a contract disupte with police and some union leaders had been indicted for racketeering by federal prosecutors; the Times wrote that "many police officers" believed Giuliani orchestrated the indictments. In 1996, the union's leader at the time had said the mayor "certainly doesn't enjoy the support of the PBA." (In 2007, when Giuliani was running for president, Patrick Lynch said the PBA "could never support Rudy Giuliani for any elected office.&quot

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/12/22/new_york_police_union_past_mayors_attacks_on_all_parties.html

[jeff47]

11. There's a time and place for such things.

A funeral is not the right time or place.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

12. Well, De Blasio Asked For It After Reappointing Laura Johnson

I'm surprised more didn't turn their backs.

All previous mayors had issues with NYPD, but I think De Blasio is going to out mayor the previous mayors.

[frylock]

22. de Blasio asked for it, hunh?

bullshit teabagging twaddle.

[LeftOfWest]

23. beat me to it.

and you said it better.

[closeupready]

49. Yup. Low post count, too.

MIRT? Clean-up in aisle 7...

[Raine1967]

26. Link? — and when I say link, I mean a reputable news source. Thanks in advance.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

28. here's one

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/judge-laura-johnson/

[Raine1967]

31. That's a link to 2 links.

Why don't you tell us all how you really feel? I'm not going to do the research you seem to want other people on this board to understand.

Please, proceed.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

35. It's a link to two CBS stories

Since one might not have satisfied you.

How do I feel?

I generally support the cops. I have no hatred for the cops. I've liked every cop I've met, even the one who gave me a speeding ticket.

I also see that some cops do bad things. I think some are bad when they join the force, and some get hardened after dealing with criminals day after day. I also think that most cops don't want to be the city's revenue collectors, and would rather not arrest the same man multiple times for the same petty crime.

I also understand why they are furious with de Blasio for reappointing Judge Johnson.

Oh, and by the way, I read about the story on Discussionist (where I am not a member). The article posted there was from the New York Post, so I looked for another link for you. As for as the young man the judge freed without bond, he didn't show up for court! And he has a couple of outstanding charges against him, including illegal possession of a gun. http://www.discussionist.com/101494479 (I assume it is not against the rules to post to Skinner's other site.)

Peace.

[Raine1967]

39. You are aware that they are not turning their backs because of this Johnson, correct?

and if they are, they have REALLY shitty PR.

I say this because they used 2 funerals for political purposes.

I don't care one whit about about whatever website you linked to BTW.

You appear to generally support an anti-deBlasio sentiment. I am basing that on my communication with you.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

41. I don't know enough about deBlasio to support him

in more than a generic way, although I'm pretty darn sure I would give him more support than Goolag-ani. Whether or not I would have voted for him in a dem primary - I don't know.

And I'm pretty sure any possible peace between deBlasio and the police union was not at all helped when he reappointed Judge Johnson. That was a fail on his part. That's just the way I see it based on what I'm reading.

I think what you are reading in my posts is a general support for the police - despite the terrible actions of some. It is not a much liked position here, but so far, I don't think it's part of the party platform that we must all hate the cops.

Yes, I do have cops in my family. And firefighters, too.

[Raine1967]

43. Let me quote your words:

Well, De Blasio Asked For It After Reappointing Laura Johnson

I'm surprised more didn't turn their backs.

All previous mayors had issues with NYPD, but I think De Blasio is going to out mayor the previous mayors.

You said he asked for it.

I took issue with that. Once again. nice straw man, I never ever once alluded to anything that you suggested when you stated this:

I think what you are reading in my posts is a general support for the police - despite the terrible actions of some. It is not a much liked position here, but so far, I don't think it's part of the party platform that we must all hate the cops.

Bold face mine.

You said the mayor asked for it.

I personally don't care if you have LEO or firefighters in your family. That has nothing to do with the issue you brought up.

Good night.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

44. Good night to you, too.

And anyone else reading - yeah, I think deBlasio knew exactly that he was going to piss off the police union.

That may make some here happy - but it is not going to bridge the divide between him and the union.

[840high]

48. Thanks.

[BillZBubb]

34. RW nonsense.

[Raine1967]

40. Bullcrap. This is full blown horse manure.

You have a DU name with Texas init and you are here to tell us all about The NYPD and its relationship with previous mayors?

I lived in NY my entire life until 2006.

I worked in the city for many years.

I will never say that it has always been peaches and roses but what you are saying is nothing more than a total and complete straw man from the actual issue.

The NYPD and the PBA are not doing this because of a reappointment.

[Hutzpa]

14. Is that what they're hiding behind now?

Union negotiations?

[Raine1967]

45. That poster doesn't know what they are talking about.

See the subthread between the person and I.

[Raine1967]

25. This isn't about union negations, and to be very honest if you think

it is, then I think you and the back turners at the NYPD have a really serious problem.

Unions don't use funerals as a negotiation tactic.

nice straw man, btw. I gotta give you credit for that.

[Scootaloo]

30. Yet another person who thinks using "union" as a chatter-word will help them pass on DU

[BillZBubb]

36. Yep. But it does seem to work on some people.

[Logical]

42. Really? You fail to see a difference? Wow, scary. nt

[jtuck004]

50. It's what I would tell a police officer who is policing based on skin color, if their management

wasn't too incompetent to fire them. Being in a union doesn't absolve them of jack shit. It wouldn't be the first union that hurt others, union members and non-union members alike.

Matles, James J., and Higgins, James J. Them and Us: Struggles of a Rank-and-File
Union. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1974.

http://www.d.umn.edu/~epeters5/MAPL5111/5111%20Articles/Fox%20Piven%20--%20The%20Industrial%20Workers%20Movement%20%28optimized%29.pdf

[blackspade]

15. We can only hope....

[Ash_F]

17. Nah they are happy to cash their taxpayer funded paychecks. /nt

[gordianot]

20. Does the NYPD have a uniform code?

You would think Officers at attention eyes front. Failure to maintain attention is insubordination and should be cause for dismissal.

[One_Life_To_Give]

24. Only US Military is subject to UCMJ

Cops are Civilians and not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So adultery won't put them in prison, nor any of the many more regulations that apply only to members of our military. (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, active duty and reserve are the only ones subject to UCMJ)

[gordianot]

33. I looked it up NYPD does have a dress code when wearing a uniform, it does not address conduct.

Failure to meet dress code results in referral for retraining. Conduct of officers is the responsibility of department. When wearing a uniform they are told what to wear and there are also regulations for non uniform officers.

[Ferd Berfel]

21. Exactly! ANd as Hartmann Said today

The mayor should fire them all. Making a political protest while in uniform is a crime in that State

[Raine1967]

27. IT's a fireable offense in the NYPD, that was how I interpreted it.

That said, I heard Thom saying as much today.

[madashelltoo]

29. Yeah! Do that!

[daredtowork]

32. KanaAina also stated the obvious meme

"Bad Cop No Donut"

The obvious caption for the picture of the cops turning away from DeBlasio, and toward the donut shop.

Surprised this hasn't flooded Twitter already.

Silly memes aside, agree with the OP and saw that terrific sentiment first thing this morning. That tweet is really getting around!

[BillZBubb]

37. The cops out to be turning their backs on the bad apples among them.

They would be extremely naïve to think all cops always do the right thing and never commit crimes. Of course, they know that isn't true. They just unite behind any cop no matter what he or she has done. Civilians be damned.

[Cha]

38. Excellent.. I don't think they want to Protest.. that much.

[DeSwiss]

52. K&R

- They're not trying to make a statement. They're insubordinate. Each and every one of them should be disciplined. Then I awakened and realized I had been dreaming.....''

[center]

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?

O'Brien: Of course he exists.

Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?

O'Brien: You do not exist.

~George Orwell, 1984[/center]

[gopiscrap]

53. Exactly! Fucking chicken shit pigs!!!