NYPD Union Leader Rebukes Criticism of Officers, Reckless Legislation

NYPD Police officers listen as Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York President Pat Lynch and representatives from other NYPD and law enforcement unions holds a news conference at the Icahn Stadium parking lot to address the "current anti-law enforcement environment" in New York City on June 9, 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

NYPD union leader Pat Lynch, in a press conference, slammed the rampant criticism of police officers in New York City during Black Lives Matter protests, arson incidents, riots, and vandalism in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

“What we’re seeing now, in a rush to push packages of bills, in the dark of night without even reading them,” he said. “They’re following the crowd,” he added.