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We need to thank our police

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Since the POTUS, Mayor De Blasio and Rev. Sharpton failed to say this in any of their statements yesterday - please allow me to do so. Thank you to the NYPD for protecting the law-abiding citizens of NYC, and to all policeman everywhere.  Ninety-nine+ % of you are dedicated to our protection and our civil rights and I applaud you. Also, Thank you to the Grand Jury of the Garner case who spent 3 months examining evidence and listening to and evaluating testimony. It could not have bee n an easy job. You exercised your obligations as citizens and I thank you for that even if the POTUS, Mayor and Reverend failed to thank you. I did not sit on that Grand Jury and neither did the POTUS, Mayor or Reverend. The decision was yours to make and I respect that. The Grand Jury has spoken and we should accept the Grand Jury's decision. I do not dismiss the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice. But if the POTUS, Mayor and Reverend have forgotten let me remind the...