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LA Police Union: We're Concerned About Mayor Garcetti's Mental Health
[LAIST] The head of the union representing Los Angeles coppers criticized the mayor in stark terms today over his proposed budget cuts, and for what appeared to be an about-face from praising officers' actions in his pressers to calling them "killers" yesterday at a primarily African American church.Speaking at the First AME Church in L.A. yesterday, Mayor Eric Garcetti defended $250 million in proposed budget cuts, from multiple departments including LAPD, by saying "either we say we are going to be, who we want to be, or we're going to continue being the killers that we are." Jamie McBride, the director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, responded in a presser live-streamed via Facebook, where he had this to say: "We are honestly concerned about his [Garcetti's] mental health, and I think that he should seek some help, and maybe have someone to talk to, a counselor or something, and reflect on some of his decisions, reflect on his ability to lead the city and keep the citizens safe." McBride said the cuts will result in slower 911 response times and generally make the community less safe. Related: Eric Garcetti: 2020-06-07 LA police lose confidence in mayor! Eric Garcetti: 2020-06-03 Los Angeles mayor kneels with protesters Eric Garcetti: 2020-05-16 Los Angeles to shut off water, power of nonessential businesses that refuse to close amid coronavirus Related: LAPD: 2020-06-07 LA police lose confidence in mayor! LAPD: 2020-06-07 Antifa Insurrection and Aftermath LAPD: 2020-06-03 Los Angeles mayor kneels with protesters Posted by: Fred 2020-06-08 |
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