(NYPD commissioner) Kelly Says Anti-Muslim Film Shouldn’t Have Been Screened

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Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Friday that “The Third Jihad,” a film depicting many American Muslim leaders as extremists, “should not have been shown” to New York City officers.

The film was played on a loop for officers during 2010 in a waiting area outside a counterterrorism training course, Mr. Kelly said. He placed responsibility for the decision to show the film on a sergeant, whom Mr. Kelly did not identify. “A sergeant, I think well meaning, took this film and put it in a loop in a room that was outside of the training area,” Mr. Kelly told reporters at Police Headquarters.

The disclosure that the Police Department showed the film to many officers has strained relations between it and the city’s Muslim communities.

The film claims that “much of Muslim leadership here in America” aims to “infiltrate and dominate” the United States. On Friday, Mr. Kelly characterized the film “as “inflammatory” and “a little much.”

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/nyregion/raymond-kelly-says-anti-muslim-film-shouldnt-have-been-shown.html

Really? Is he being honest or copping out?

[EFerrari]

1. Yeah, 1400 officers saw it as they walked through a waiting area.

What a gigantic @ss this guy is.

[sabrina 1]

2. He's 'copping' out. He gave a 90 minute interview to the film makers.

And he and his spokesperson, Brown, lied about the cops being shown the film and only admitted it when they could not deny it anymore. He should step down as he is being asked to do. Too many scandals under his command, too much racism for him to remain in the job.

[atreides1]

3. Copping Out

He got caught in a lie and now he's trying to save his ass...but the big question is what did the mayor know?

[fascisthunter]

4. ah.. state sponsored propaganda to promote bigotry

sick and dangerous

[markpkessinger]

5. Kelly needs to resign his sorry ass! n/t