NYPD Union Chief: ‘You Won’t Be Safe in Joe Biden’s America’

In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Patrick Lynch, President of the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 27, 2020. Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images

Patrick Lynch, the head of the Police Benevolent Association—the largest police union in New York City—warned that Democratic officials have “surrendered our streets and institutions” in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests.

But Lynch said that it’s not merely incompetence or a side-effect, saying that Democrats’ endgame is to dismantle police departments and the justice system.