New York City Police Chief Bill Bratton, talking about the attack on four police officers by a hatchet-wielding “man” whose facebook page was loaded with radical Islamic material:
“There\’s nothing we know at this time that would indicate that [Islamic terrorism] is the case. That\’s what the investigation will attempt to determine.”
New York City Police Chief Bill Bratton, later on, talking about the attack on four police officers by a hatchet-wielding “man” whose facebook page was loaded with radical Islamic material (via Jonathan Dienst\’s article for NBC News):
“Weat this time believe that he acted alone,” Police CommissionerBill Bratton said Friday. “We would describe him asself-radicalized. We would describe him as self-directed in hisactivities.”
Askeddirectly if Zale Thompson could be considered a homegrown terroristor a “lone wolf,” investigators said “it appears atthis point” that terror was the suspect\’s “intent,”though police stressed the investigation was in its preliminarystages.
Same Bill Bratton.
Can anyone tell me what happened between the first description and the second – other than, possibly, Bratton realizing (either by himself or due to the comments of others) what a complete fool he sounded like the first time?
Why is the first instinct of some people – even a respected Police Chief – to create this kind of obviously untrue pretense?
Who do they think they are protecting? Muslims? They certainly are not protecting decent Muslims who would never think of doing such a thing – and who comprise a very, very large majority of the Muslim population in the USA.
So who are they really protecting? Radicalized Muslim lunatics happy to commit random acts of terror?
Why would Bill Bratton, or anyone else, want to do that?
Just how far does PC go? And when do we wake up?
