Gothamist: Bloomberg Can't Believe Acquittal in Timoshenko Trial

erobinso1999

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:14:15 -0500

In an article filled with offensive terms, "union bosses" shouldn't go unmentioned. Unions are set up as democratic organizations and their leaders are elected peers from the workforce. To imply otherwise without any qualification or justification is anti-worker and biased.

whitecastlerock

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:17:19 -0500

I too am disappointed with the verdict Mayor Mike! I am also disappointed about your lack of leadership, compassion and humanity for ALL of your constituents. The jury rendered its verdict, I don't give a shit way you have to say about it...

thelexiphane

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:10:07 -0500

This is a complete disgrace. “The prosecution put thugs, criminals and police officers on the stand — none of which were more believable than the next. He said that “we’d really like to make sure Mr. Ellis got what was coming to him. There was nothing that we could grab hold of that made us comfortable with murder or attempted murder.” I read another quote that said that a juror was afraid b/c he lived near where Sean Bell was gunned down. That's a completely unrelated case. I think the NYPD is the best PD in the country. We have one of the lowest rates of civilian shootings in the country per capita. Nonetheless, it has one of the worst reps--so much so that people would take the words of a cop-killer on the stand over a uniform. What's wrong here? The NYPD needs to do a little public outreach to the community to spiff up its reputation.

felixthecat

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:56:24 -0500

bloomberg, STFU. you have no respect for the law, you just overturn term limits for your own benefit. Your comments are worthless to me. You and Quinn belong in the trash

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:55:34 -0500

that it does mr. t. like the stacked jury, judge and sheriff in those cases down south. as the mayor says in other cases except this one, the jury made it's decision and we should abide by it.

MisterTissue

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:45:47 -0500

Well...any system that let's these guys walk free is not without fault. That being said this is no more, nor no less, outrageous a verdict than the Sean Bell case. The pendulum swings both ways...

berniegoetz

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:18:22 -0500

So never mind the verdict, let's play the liberal's favorite game of misdirection--semantic soup--and extrapolate some deep seeded racism at play because someone called the asshole who did this a "mongrel." You people are disgusting and Errol Louis is a racist prick.

bsalamon

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:42:45 -0500

I forgot where I saw it, but the jury had said they were unsure what exactly the law meant. That problem falls upon the jury - if they didn't understand the law, they are within their right to ask the judge for an explanation

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:33:07 -0500

and this the mayor comments on.

Snoopy

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:27:37 -0500

"I'm OJ Simpson and I approve this verdict."

Pull My Finger

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:21:53 -0500

Was this an OJ jury?

Politburo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:24 -0500

mongrel means mutt, fastnfree. It relates to lineage and breed when used in the correct context (pets). That is why the word has racial overtones. Then again, I don't know why I'm bothering to reply to someone who thinks race "isn't definable". Seems like we haven't had any problems defining it for the last 4,000 years or so.

fastnfree

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:46 -0500

what? how is calling someone a mongrel racist? it only is if you're racist yourself and think mongrel has to do with race, which isnt definable in the first place. ha handsome loser

handsomedevil

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:56:25 -0500

Some went overboard in venting their rage, like Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch, who referred to Ellis as a 'mongrel' after the verdict - an unfortunate display of the same dehumanizing impulse that leads criminals to fire on cops. Well put by the Daily News writer. Whenever Pat Lynch opens his mouth, the public image of cops takes a hit. Here's a case where the officers were the victims of totally amoral criminals, and it's really clear-cut where public sympathy should lie, and yet he still managed to say something with racist overtones that makes you like cops less. Good job.

Politburo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:48:13 -0500

Errol Louis has a law degree. I find it highly unlikely that he doesn't understand why the jury did what it did.