NYPD attacks Bill de Blasio's wife for wearing jeans to cop's funeral; except she really didn’t

[Cali_Democrat]

Remember, his wife is African American...so she's getting the Michelle Obama treatment from right wing fucksticks....

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nypd-furious-mayors-wife-wore-jeans-to-cops-funeral-except-she-really-didnt/

NYPD Furious Mayor’s Wife Wore Jeans to Cop’s Funeral; Except She Really Didn’t
by Tina Nguyen 1:46 pm, January 8th, 201

Today, Chirlane McCray and City Hall were forced into the unusual situation of having to defend a pantsuit.

During the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu, who was shot along with another cop by a mentally ill gunman, observers noticed that McCray, the wife of embattled New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, was wearing pants that looked like artfully faded denim jeans. And given that the NYPD blamed de Blasio’s statements about cops unfairly targeting black men for causing the Liu’s death, this did not go over well. So they turned into the fashion police.

“We found it disrespectful,” a Queens cop told the New York Daily News, saying that the image was making the rounds among the NYPD.

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And, from that one image alone, they really do look like jeans. However, the Daily News reached out to Anni Kuan, one of McCray’s favorite designers, who explained that it was really just a polyester-rayon blend that happened to look like jeans. “”It’s a very respectful suit you would wear to an important gathering,” Kuan said. “It’s not made of jean at all.”

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So yes, McCray wasn’t wearing jeans, and City Hall would like the NYPD to stop kvetching about it, please. “The dark pantsuit the First Lady wore to Detective Liu’s funeral was somber and appropriate,” a de Blasio spokeswoman said. “We should be talking about Detective Liu and his family, not fabric and fashion.”

[edhopper]

1. The NYPD

really want to lose all public support I guess.

[lsewpershad]

46. lost it long time ago with

"racist" stop and frisk, and violence against Blacks and minorities

[lunasun]

2. The Michelle Obama treatment from right wings - hits it on the head .Yes she can do no right with them

And yes the funeral is what nypd should be paying respectful attention to but ....no!

[CurtEastPoint]

11. I think First Lady here = wife of mayor of NYC, not Michelle O.

But they DO disrespect her at all times.

[lunasun]

13. I was referring to the OP comments not the link . I agree with OP comment

[CurtEastPoint]

15. And I do see that now! Apologies...I glanced right over it.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Yep

Michelle Obama has done absolutely nothing to invite all the right wing venom directed toward her.

Same with Bill de Blasio's wife.

It's shameful.

[Jeff Murdoch]

25. They have the temerity to be black.

Isn't that enough?

[nxylas]

49. And female

Double whammy.

[smirkymonkey]

59. Exactly, being black, female and the

wife of a powerful democrat puts you at a major disadvantage, regardless of what you do. No matter what she does she will be a target of right wing venom. The fact that she lives and breathes is offensive enough to them.

[Spazito]

3. Grotesque hypocrisy by the NYPD yet again...

The NYPD officers who turned their backs on the Mayor at each of the funerals showed utter disrespect for the familes of the slain officers and made the funerals about their grievances instead of being about showing respect and support for both the officers and their grieving families.

Ugly, ugly, ugly. I can't help but wonder if their hypocritical criticism would have come about had the Mayor's wife not been African American.

[calimary]

4. Now they're attacking his WIFE? She's a non-combatant, forcryingoutloud!!!

What pathetic, petty PISSANTS. That's all they've got... (AND all they ARE).

[JI7]

5. what a bunch of disgusting thugs

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. It's not the cops fault ...

they couldn't see what she was wearing ... they had their backs turned.

[Dr. Strange]

12. She's just lucky they mistook the pants for jeans...

as opposed to a gun.

[brer cat]

22. Oh, yeah.

[randys1]

30. LOL I laugh, but these cops would LOVE to see HARM come to the mayor and his Black wife,

count on it.

Fire all of them...

God damn country is armed to the teeth so we give the god damn cops an excuse to also be so they can shoot Black people at will.

ONLY when they start shooting white people at will, will things change, by then it will be too late, however.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Even if she did, wearing jeans is less disrespectful than using a funeral to make a statement

against the mayor.

[lpbk2713]

8. They damage their own argument by making wild erroneous accusations.

It seems like real police officers would know that.

But then, this is just another good ole boys club, not a PD.

[PeoViejo]

9. This is what Reactionaries do..

..and Ghouliani, as their Mentor, is the Archetype Reactionary.

[Rex]

10. How would they know? They all turned their back like fucking cowards!

Someone have eyes in the back of their head!?

"Remember, his wife is African American...so she's getting the Michelle Obama treatment from right wing fucksticks...."

Spot on!

[JaneyVee]

14. Fashion police. LOL.

[pansypoo53219]

16. PNTS! how dare she wear PANTS! only a dress will do for a cop!

do i need a sarcasm emoji or whatever that is?

[sheshe2]

17. They put on a childish display of disrespect of the Mayor

at their fellow officers funerals. Then they attack his black wife with false accusations.

They aren't mature enough to be wearing long pants much less carry a gun and a badge.

[SummerSnow]

19. You turned your back, how would you know what she was wearing?

[dilby]

20. It's an unarmed Black Woman, hell yeah she was attacked by the NYPD. n/t

[SwankyXomb]

21. It should be clear by now

to all but the most badge-licking kop apologists that kops have their own definition of facts that doesn't match anyone else's.

[randys1]

31. Dershowitz told it like it is years ago, all cops lie.

[msanthrope]

33. It's called "testilying" when they do it on the stand. nt

[Unknown Beatle]

23. Fuck!

The NYPD is turning into Fox Noise.

[SunSeeker]

24. I think they were more upset by all that black skin she was wearing. nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

26. Plan B: When your credibility is rapidly fading...attack the woman's attire.

[Number23]

27. It's becoming really, REALLY apparent why so many folks have a problem with this mayor

And it ain't got a damn thing to do with his policies.

[randys1]

32. Remember, the Republican party is now on record wanting to be known as the KKK without the hoods

the Scalise situation leaves NO other impression.

America is a rabidly racist country, it is a wonder we dont have race wars going on all over the country.

Reverse everything and put white people on the stinky end of things and war would never stop.

[Rex]

34. You're right, they want to be able to be completely racist without someone having

a right to call them out on it! Like the KKK, but with complete immunity for their actions and words.

Pathetic. Sad. Wrong.

[Johonny]

38. Yip

[malaise]

28. They are sick

seriously sick

[Cha]

29. And what did the Back stabbing, fashion critiquing, NYPD think about their Disrespect for Officers

Liu and Ramos?

[napkinz]

35. and they demand respect ...

[QuestionableC]

36. Clearly a pant suit

[lolly]

40. Why, yes, yes it is

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

44. She does look like she's wearing an overcoat over jeans

But that is a matter of optics, and not what was likely on her mind. I'm sure she didn't stop to think "Why this $300 suit is going to photograph just like a pair of jeans!"

The navy coat is fabulous, though. I wish I had enough cold weather and enough places to wear one just like that!

[tammywammy]

48. Agreed

It does look like jeans. Not that I'm excusing the NYPD Union. Also love the coat!

[amandabeech]

62. That coat is to die for.

Talbots has some very nice wool suit separates in navy and black. Updated classics might have been a better choice than this fashion forward outfit for this occasion. That said, the suit she wore is great and I'd like to see her wear it on other occasions.

[Historic NY]

37. When did the NYPD become so fashion conscious...

some of them look like slobs, with miss matched uniforms and wrinkles so bad you would think they slept in them.....cooped.

[riversedge]

39. The nypd continues to show their stupidity

[George II]

41. For decades I've had a lot of respect for the NYPD and their officers, and....

....consider them one of the best police forces in the US. But with their shenanigans over the last few weeks I'm rapidly losing that respect and esteem.

I just wonder how those not familiar with the NYPD must feel.

[bulloney]

42. I wonder if this is a reflection on how they conduct themselves on the job.

Jump to conclusions? Don't get the facts before taking action? Just assume and don't ask to make sure they've got things right?

Even if DeBlasio's wife was wearing jeans, what's it to them? It looks like they were looking for another excuse to blast the mayor via his wife.

[frylock]

43. "We found it disrespectful"

you have got to be fucking shitting me.

[progressoid]

47. Yeah, that's some pretty heavy duty irony.

[Helen Borg]

45. Even if she was wearing jeans...

Who cares?

[uponit7771]

50. Because the cops aren't doing their jobs they do now...

[Thinkingabout]

51. How in the hell do they know, they had their backs turned and what difference does it make.

[Kalidurga]

52. Let's pretend they were jeans

So what, dead people don't care what you wear. She was at the funeral for the families of the people who were killed. If they have no problem with her attire then there is no real problem. However, people who turn their backs on someone and then cry they got no respect, that's a problem.

[smirkymonkey]

60. Yeah, the irony. That's what amazes me.

[procon]

53. I never knew that NYC had their very own Fashion Police Unit.

They're loud, they're emotional, melodramatic, they have guns, and they have an eye for designer fabrics. I see a reality show in the making...

[Neon Gods]

54. Rational people...

...give others the benefit of the doubt. It looks like she's wearing jeans to the funeral? Surely not, it must be a blue pant suit.

Hateful idiots just jump to any conclusion that confirms their biases.

[certainot]

55. i'm sure it's been all over the talk radio circuit and will never

be corrected there. like the "what do we want? dead cops!" bullshit they spread all over the country and inspired those turned backs.

when will the left's orgs wake up and figure out they're getting their ass kicked because they ignore the right's best weapon.

[The Wizard]

56. Like all Pox News viewers

they're well versed at playing the victim.

[DallasNE]

57. Jeans Material Is Stiff

While the color and fading could be jeans the drape of the material says otherwise.

[deurbano]

58. Good grief. The NYPD is becoming a nonstop SNL skit.

I mean, in terms of the constant whining (which has so much comedic potential)... not the killing of unarmed black people (which doesn't).

[smirkymonkey]

61. How can the NYPD appear anymore childish

and ridiculous than they already do? I honestly don't know. They have hit a new low.