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    John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

    I’d like to tell you a story about Bruce Springsteen and the New York City Police Department.

    4:31 PM - 5 Jun 2020
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      2. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        Bruce Springsteen’s song “American Skin (41 Shots)” is a tender, moving ode to Amadou Diallo. Diallo was a 23 year old Guinean immigrant who was shot 19 times by 4 plain clothes cops outside his NYC apartment in 1999. 41 shots were fired. He was unarmed. The cops were acquitted.

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      3. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        When Bruce debuted the song in Atlanta in 2000 it was considered controversial. The largest police union in NYC was like “That’s it! The Boss is cancelled!” They called for the NYPD to boycott Bruce and refuse to offer security for his upcoming shows at Madison Square Garden.

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      4. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        Listening to the song now, it’s hard to imagine what made them so mad. It isn’t angry or accusatory, just sorrowful. It offers up the simple, powerful refrain... “You can get killed just for living in your American skin.” It is a stunning song. Give it a listen.

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      5. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        The fact that it made the NYPD so mad tells us a lot about why they are doing what they are doing right now. The party line has always been the same... Question our authority and become our enemy. It doesn’t matter if you’re a famous rockstar or a citizenry demanding reform.

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      6. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        Last Sunday, Ed Mullins, president of the second largest police union in NYC, tweeted Chiara de Blasio’s arrest record after she was arrested protesting. It included her license info and address. Chiara is the Mayor’s daughter. She’s 25. Mullins has been on the force since 82.

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      7. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        The Sergeants Benevolent Association’s account was briefly suspended because posting people’s private information without their knowledge, also known as doxxing, is a dangerous violation of Twitter Rules. The tweet was removed and Mullins quickly regained control of the account.

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      8. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        In February, Mullins tweeted that members of the NYPD were “declaring war on Mayor de Blasio and did not respect him.” He also tweeted a video that referred to black people as “monsters” and public housing as “war zones.” This is the head of NYC’s second largest police union.

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      9. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        This week he put out a statement praising officers for their recent performance during protests. He proclaimed that the NYPD answered to a “higher power” and will “win the war on New York City.” Then he went on Fox News and begged Trump to call in the National Guard to occupy us.

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      10. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        He told Laura Ingraham that the NYPD was “losing the city of New York.” I guess I’ve been naive all this time because I didn’t realize it belonged to them.

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      11. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        Yesterday the NYPD sought and was granted the right to arrest anyone and hold them for more than 24 hours in crowded jail cells without arraignment while the covid-19 pandemic still looms. This is a rare and stunning suspension of habeas corpus.

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      12. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        To recap, the president of the second largest police union in New York City publicly declared war on both its mayor and its citizens in the last four months. It’s not making many headlines right now but it seems like a red flag and a pretty big deal to me!

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      13. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        The thing about Mullins is, cops love him! He’s been a union boss since 2002. They love that he visits Trump in D.C. and trashes the Dem Mayor and owns the libs on his divisive, partisan Twitter account. How do you change that? How do you fix what doesn’t see itself as broken?

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      14. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        Make no mistake. The police are in full on revenge mode now and it will only get uglier. If a Springsteen song can get under their skin and set them off then surely they are fuming at having their absolute power and immunity threatened and defied so brazenly on the world stage.

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      15. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 5 Jun 2020

        But what did we expect? In 2017, our POTUS gave a speech on camera in which he gleefully encouraged New York cops to be violent when performing arrests as rows of uniformed police officers laughed and applauded from the bleachers behind him. Where did we think this would lead us?

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      16. John Gallagher, Jr.‏Verified account @JohnGallagherJr 6 Jun 2020

        If you would like to learn more about Amadou Diallo there is a great episode of the @netflix series TRIAL BY MEDIA, that tells his story. You can also donate to the Amadou Diallo Foundation here.http://www.amadoudiallo.com/donate/ 

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