hey JAYA suck it. I cant believe your getting paid to bash cops who do their job right. your boss/editor must also be an ass. real tuff guy. i hope you get a dwi asap and the cop is not very nice to you in the process. the funny thing is this person jaya probably carries a pba card and flashes it everywhere he/she goes.

The way Jaya wrote it does make me wonder, I'm hoping that Jaya's objection is to how long it took to acknowledge the police officers action.

Please clear this up: That is what you're making note of, right?

Of course that last "So sleep well, Jamaica" Makes me think you're just being foolish (Being nice)...

The way Jaya wrote it does make me wonder, I'm hoping that Jaya's objection is to how long it took to acknowledge the police officers action.

Please clear this up: That is what you're making note of, right?

Even if they are "just doing their job" running towards gunfire takes courage...

(sigh)

Double comment posting...

"It's a sign of sad times in the city when reports of police officers actually doing their jobs right becomes news"

"So sleep well, Jamaica, knowing that at least two cops in an area that has seen 10 shootings this year can get the guns off the street after they've killed at least once person."

Jaya, why don't you shut the fuck up? I love how Gothamist has this anti-NYPD fetish. Would the first line of the article be similar if firefighters saved two people from a burning building? Why should it be? They just doing their jobs right? By your argument anyone who happens to save a life or do something admirable in their normal course of duties doesn't deserve praise or shouldn't be deemed a hero as it is "their job."

On a similar note, let me just say how pleased I am that others have taken a similar position as I have on a forum usually known for bashing the New York City Police Department. I am not pleased because I like to be right or agreed with but because credit should be given when credit is due. These officers didn't have to carefully and tactically run towards that SUV. They could have ducked for cover and let the perpetrators get away but they went beyond the normal risk that comes inherent with their duties which, by the way, already makes them heroes in my opinion, to take dangerous criminals and firearms off of the street. This is not to mention the fact that the 103rd Precinct is an extremely high-crime precinct and an especially dangerous one to work with.

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"Lame piece, Gothamist. Critisism of the cops is fair when they do something wrong, not when they get dangerous criminals off the street. This just makes this blog look like anti-cop bigots."

"Props to DI McEvoy and PO Jangel. Perhaps we need more like them in the NYPD. "

"Yeah, I think I have to say: not cool, Jaya. Mostly because, well, heaping scorn on cops for actually being heroic dilutes the outrage when cops act in criminal or jerkish ways. Save the derision for when it is deserved, not for when cops actually save the day."

"Want proof that the Gothamist writers and editors are out of touch scumbags? Read this article. What the fuck have you ever done to make this city better that you can get off insulting these cops? Go back to your suburb, asshole."

"It's a sign of sad times in the city when reports of police officers actually doing their jobs right becomes news"

Written like a true coward.

Props to DI McEvoy and PO Jangel. Perhaps we need more like them in the NYPD. Unfortunately for them, Jamaica is a real crime sh*thole with the 103rd Precinct on the front lines.

But where did the perps get those guns? The major flow of illegal and criminal-owned hand guns into New York City has been attributed to out-of-state dealers in places like Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mayor Bloomberg has tried to stem the illegal gun inflow but has met strong resistance from those states (and others) as well as the NRA.

The first sentence of the article is also very poorly written and makes no sense. She brings up the fact that 'cops are deemed heroes for doing their jobs" but it's "because that's what happens when the bad old days come knocking again".

Wouldn't the cops be more likely to be deemed heroes if she bought up something like a drop in crime. I'm having a tough time articulating this myself but does anyone else see what I'm getting at?

She types the word February in italics as well, as if that has some major bearing on the article. All in all, this article was a display of total jackassery.

a freebie coicidence arrest, great job.

go back to the suburbs?, thats where most of the cops live.

id rather the NYPD grant 1 sane civilian a legal license to carry for every one illegal handgun taken off the street.

really if this high ranking cop wasnt taking a donut break we wouldnt know what happened.

lets demystify the language used by the nailynews

"doing routine surveillance of known trouble spots"

means looking for a quiet spot to take a nap and get a bjay from a hooka.

Yeah, I think I have to say: not cool, Jaya. Mostly because, well, heaping scorn on cops for actually being heroic dilutes the outrage when cops act in criminal or jerkish ways. Save the derision for when it is deserved, not for when cops actually save the day.

Isn't that their JOB??

You're supposed to do that. (to quote your fav comedian C. Rock)

Lame piece, Gothamist. Critisism of the cops is fair when they do something wrong, not when they get dangerous criminals off the street. This just makes this blog look like anti-cop bigots.

Look like? They are anti-police.

Newsflash: Gothamist posters learn that the articles are often topped with a healthy dollop of derision.

– a heaping tablespoonful of utter contempt for the police department, often with a quarter of a cup of typos

Want proof that the Gothamist writers and editors are out of touch scumbags? Read this article.

What the fuck have you ever done to make this city better that you can get off insulting these cops? Go back to your suburb, asshole.

You must be a real bitter loser Jaya, what's it to you if the Daily News noted them as the paper's heroes of the month. I think it takes a lot of guts to run into a gunfight knowing full well you could die as a result when those officers could have called in the cavalry and simply waited. With that mind-set a firefighter running into a burning building is just doing his job so who cares. A soldier fighting for his life in Afghanistan is just doing what he's paid for who cares. I guess appreciating the work of a public servant wouldn't be cool and edgy though so my bad.

I think she was pointing out that the cops did this in February and are just now in June getting recognized. Shouldn't they have been recognized in the month in which they did their good service?

+1. What an ass.

maybe some of the teenagers in here who call cops 'pigs' will take a moment from rad skateboard tricks to say 'thanks'

probably not, though