‘Repulsive’: NY Police Chief Unloads on Politicians Who Supported Occupy Camp
- Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:12pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Tensions have been at a boiling point between the Albany (NY) police force, Occupy Albany protesters, and members of the city council. During a meeting before Albany’s Common Council last week, Chief Steven Krokoff made his frustrations known and verbally attacked several council members by name for, as he says, capitalizing on recent traumas in the city for their own political gain. NBC 13 has Chief Krokoff’s heated testimony:
Chief Krokoff was defending his police force for the dismantling of the Occupy Albany encampment on December 22, which he ordered, and included the pepper-spraying of several occupiers. NBC 13 reports that the meeting became hostile after Councilman Ron Bailey said it would cost the city $7,600 to clean up Academy Park where the Occupy Albany protesters had been encamped.
Several city council members had been vocal in support for Occupy Albany, and the Chief made clear his opinion of those sentiments, as well as the actions of a group of people within Occupy Albany:
- Shame on a very small group of people within the Occupy Albany movement who chose not to take their frustrations to court and translate those frustrations into legal action.
- Shame on that small group of people who defied common decency and demonstrated a lack of respect for fellow human beings
- Shame on a group of people that chose to convolute their own organizational message by conducting themselves without dignity and without concern for their fellow citizens
- Shame on Councilman Calsolaro, a leader in this city, who lacked the internal discipline to keep from getting caught up in the emotion and frenzy of those moments. When your department needed your leadership you were not there
- Shame on Councilman Konev and Councilman Freeman, who at every turn, seem so willing to distort the truth of any situation, no matter how tragic, and use it for the truth. Shame on you both for mattering so little to yourselves and your community that you have to create hate and further half-truths just to feel some sense of relevancy. The entire city has seen the content of your character and I pity you both. You have each failed in your positions as leaders. You have failed yourselves, your citizens and your police department.
There have been mixed reactions within the community since Krokoff’s remarks Thursday night.
“He spoke from his heart and said what he had to say and were gonna move on.” Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings told CBS 6. Councilman Konev said that the chief’s comments were “distasteful and name calling.”
Councilman Freeman says he will continue to ask for an independent investigation of the police’s actions, saying it’s what people in his community want.
(H/T: Fox News Nation)
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Comments (99)
commonsenseguy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:26pmwe need more like,but with the idiots who are in charge support these freeloading morons,it will be hard for anyone to speak out,they continue to support the very people who will not pay taxes so the cites or states can pay their bills, so when someone like this police man speaks out,the only one who cares is him and maybe the people who live there,the freeloaders and stupid communist politicians will legitimize them so much that the people will either be fired or just told to seat down and shut up, we need more people like him to speak up,these idiots are costing already struggling cities and states a lot of money they already don’t have,but hey,when obama and the left wing commie loving idiots want and support them,they will just stay there and keep on creating ciaos,i think every politician should have to pay for the over time and clean up,they should also charge the freeloaders for the cost.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:30pmoops my bad ““ they will ”“VICTIMIZE ”” them
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:05pm10:1 this guy will be out of a job by the end of the month…lol…not lol
Report Post »cosette
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:53pm@ Paul G- And that amuses you how?
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:15pm@ 1:17 you can hear the “council member” object in his thick Communist Russian accent. Can we please stop electing communist sympathizers and foreigners to positions of power?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:25pmCall it what it is…. Democrat rent a turds…..
Report Post »blackstone22
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:18pmBravo police chief !!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:53amRight on. The Chief had the guts to name names. We need more Police like this and less politicians running our law enforcement agencies. The councilmen who were offended don’t have a leg to stand on as all the Chief did was state the truth.
OMG
Report Post »Phoneguy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:00pmThis mess is not the Chiefs mess, I feel sorry for the guy, the rest of those dirtbags need replaced.
Report Post »LostDog54
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:18pmEspecially the one that no speaka de english!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:55pmChief,
Report Post »Thanks for your courage and telling like it is.
Thanks for calling out the political hacks.
ginger100
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:55pmWasn’t it Time Magazine who declared “The Protestors” as person of the year? Same magazine who said “We’re All Socialist Now” and had Hitler as Time Magazine person of the year? That rag can sure pick some winners.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:20pmDidn’t they have Hanoi Jane as Person of the Year?
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:51pmMOST poloticians are like a drip on the end of your cold infused nose.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:41pm@jungle
Report Post »I disagree, most politicians are like the drip and the end of your d#%£
sndrman
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 7:57pmnot the front end but the back end and
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:47pmobama is totally responsible for occupy*, period. he enabled the communist/anarchist cancer to begin and increase and escalate. obama reveled in it.
Report Post »Harvey1
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 6:20pmThis is exactly what Odumba did in Chicago as a community origanizer! Another communist way to destroy countries.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:46pmYET, these NY police chiefs are arresting innocent AMERICAN tourists and visiting AMERICAN businessmen who have LEGAL PERMITS for their sidearms. never forget the 3 arrested solid-citizen AMERICANS that WE KNOW ABOUT are looking at heavy PRISON terms if convicted by this anti-American anti-2nd-Amendment communist state !!!
Report Post »fakeid200
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:51pmRon Paul for second amendment rights!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:03pmRon Paul — 1st amendment rights!
Disagree all you want with the occupiers — they have a right to free speech. Even Judge Napolitano agrees!
An Open Letter To Occupy Wall Street _ THE PLAIN TRUTH by Judge Napolitano 10_13_11 – YouTube.mp4
Everyone should listen to this one!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GS-zh3ssv0
beekeeper
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:36pmPolice Chiefs do not write the laws, they only enforce them – the legislative & executive branches of local Gov’t write the laws… Don‘t blame police chiefs if you don’t like a law.
Also, NYC is where the tourists are being arrested with legal guns & permits from other states, this fellow is police chief of Albany, NY – that’s upstate New York, not Manhattan.
Report Post »GI_JOJO
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:12pm@burnthills
Albany is not NY City. This particular police chief is a veritable hero in our country as it stands today simply for acting on his principles and then having the “gall” (as I’m sure the asanine councilmen who had thier indefensible behavior called to light by this man would say) to publicly defend those principles after the fact rather than making apologies.
Report Post »In regards (further) to your specific comment about the three individuals arrested on weapons charges again remember that this occured in New York City, most counties, townships and boroughs, at least by my understanding within the state of New York have personally reasonable ownership standards and concealed as well as open carry regulations. Places like L.A. New York City, and also Washington D.C. have ridiculous unconstititional gun laws, but those places are communist hell-holes anyway so I certainly wouldn’t have any desire to live in or visit those places.
Alecto
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:44pmIs that Konev guy even a citizen? Can we strip him of citizenship and send him back to Putin?
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:02pmhe was put there by our “beloved leader”
Report Post »ET2Vinson
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:43pmGive us a list of every politician that supports this vermin so we as a populace can vote them out at the next opportunity.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:42pmThis guy is dead on!
Report Post »It’s about time we start calling out the politicians who support anarchists…and vote all of them out at every level of government.
GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:56pmI do believe this guy had a WOW moment. Wish there where more like him.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:20pmLove that he was willing to speak out. I hope that it doesn’t cost him his job. Thank you chief for speaking up! You are respected by those that want to save America.
Report Post »fakeid200
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:40pmGlenn Beck always says to find a hero and emulate them. Well I picked Glenn Beck to be my George Washington. With that said he is obviously in the bag for santourm. I can’t stand any of the candidates. However Ron Paul is the only hope for constitution restoration. End the Fed see the thing is that without constitution and monetary restoration we will not need foreign policy.Because we wont be here as a nation. I would like Ron Paul to answer the charges of appointing Soros people. But the rest of them have way more to answer to then just a few issues like that and earmarks. Glenn buddy my hero! The truth has no agenda but you do. Why? And why are almost all of the blazes story’s almost identical to the ones on yahoo.I just hope Glenn is trying to get the people who hate him to vote for Ron Paul by tearing him down. And the Beck followers are smart enough to figure out Ron Paul is the way to go on their own. I don’t agree 100% with Pauls polices but if we don’t stop the monetary slide Americas done. What war can we not win with a congressional mandate that’s all he wants lets stop fighting endless wars and policing the world. Iran for instance lets get a mandate and fight them with everything we have beat them into submission not rebuild their country and leave. We don’t need to be over seas for years and establish permanent bases. Stop destroying and rebuilding. Maybe if we make these dopes rebuild after we kick their butts they wont have time or money to keep up their
Report Post »fakeid200
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:44pmcrap
Report Post »I Stand With Israel
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:50pmHow can you possibly pick Glenn to be your George Washington, and then pick a man like Paul who has said that he would not give Israel any support? Do you know about the Restoring Courage event that Glenn held in Israel? You are confused.
Report Post »john luther
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:56pmGlem beck says seems to be the mantra here ,kinda lkie the liberals blind faith
Report Post »SickOfLiberals
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:46pmHippies and druggies for Ron Paul….
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:10pmHow can you possibly pick Glenn to be your George Washington, and then pick a man like Paul who has said that he would not give Israel any support? Do you know about the Restoring Courage event that Glenn held in Israel? You are confused.
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Ron Paul DID NOT SAY HE DIDN’T SUPPORT ISRAEL! Ron Paul said Israel is one of our best friends and of course he would give them aid—if they asked. They said “we don’t need your money, we need your friendship” — and they have it.
Ron Paul stands with Israel and for you to say he does not is just not true.
Listen to this — then post your thoughts:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJ7Cj0v2R8
Vechorik
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:11pmSickOfLiberals, you may be a hippie and druggie for Ron Paul, but I’m NOT a hippe, nor a druggie and I’m for RON PAUL!
Report Post »dsm
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:44pmRon Paul is an absolute nut case on everything else other than the Fed and the Constitution.
Fed chairman, secretary of Treasury. But nowhere near the oval office.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:13pmIn other words, you don‘t agree with his foreign policy because he isn’t a warmonger (or you are sorely misinformed).
We already get that. Your characterization of Paul as a nutcase isn’t anything new. Don‘t vote for him if you don’t want to. Suffer the consequences and don’t blame anyone else for YOUR actions. You are dismissed.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:37pmIf the occupiers are so worried about an ‘independent’ investigation of the police force taking place, they should also desire that any of them arrested and charged should have their charges handled independently, right? So as to avoid local bias? Therefore I think the state should step in and prosecute them with state charges, you know, so it stays ‘independent’. Of course, charges on a state level are almost universally more punatitive than charges on a municipal level, and I think that would be good for some occupiers.
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:33pmIf nothing else this is a propaganda war. That’s what the chief was decrying above all else. Twisted facts such that they become lies. This is why corrupting the media and journalism was key to their plan. That’s why Glenn is launching The Real News on GBTV.com next week.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:35pmThe actions of the police institution as a whole is repulsive.
They should be ashamed. They violate their oath daily.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 4:24pmV-Man, Kind of a blanket attack on all cops, don’t ya think? Weren’t you the one complaining about people who do that against blacks? It is comforting to know that stereotyping is not just a honky thing.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:10pmThat isn’t a blanket attack on cops. That’s a blanket attack on the extensive history of the ACTIONS of that PUBLIC institution that is paid for with my tax dollars. I have a right to criticize that institution as a whole, as I pay for it.
Blacks aren’t a public institution and to make general comments about a group of people in that fashion is BIGOTTRY. I don’t have to stereotype cops, there’s enough instances of egregious actions of that public institution as a whole for my comments to be vindicated.
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:22amNo V-Man, you still aren’t getting it.
You are taking isolated incidents involving individuals and painting the entire group and organization with the same broad brush. Ironically this is the same type of profiling you would rail against in another scenario.
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:26amVMace,
The other thing to consider is that everyone is imperfect. We all err in some way every day. EVERY profession, EVERY race, EVERY creed could be held in the same degree of contempt if these errors went as magnified and unforgiven as those made by law enforcement.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:29amUh oh…censored.
Sorry, Rigel Orion…
TPTB have decided that I have said enough!
This discussion is over.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:31pmThe democrats own this. They should politcally pay for it.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:38pmDream on , they know how 2 spin, ( liars ) all of them.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:29pmSo Councilman Konev calls these comments ” distasteful and name calling ?” First, let me guess his political party affiliation. Second, what could be more distasteful to those 47% who pay the taxes on this Occupy Tax Hostage Mess than the Occupy itself and the politicians who allow its Never Ending Assault on our wallets ? Third, regarding the “ name calling” charges : if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…..
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:48pmDrop the duck, if it looks like a terd, smells like one….don’t step in it, it may have been an OWS kid that left it…..
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:24pmShame on any politiciandemocratparty who supports and tolerates that sort of behaviornancypelosi.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:21pmThis man deserves a Congressional Medal of Honor for having the guts to speak out when our cowardly elected officials won’t.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:26pmIndeed – he left out the unions, Van Jones and the real puppet masters behind the scenes though.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:29pmamen I second that. courage like his really is not common anymore. God Bless him
Report Post »SoCaLCapitalist
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:30pmNYPD should follow Los Angeles Police and the way they dealt with the Occuturds. LA arrested them after the deadline passed around 2 am and had to hold them until the court opened. Each protestor was fingerprinted and back ground checks were run. First timers were let go. People that were continuing the protests $5000 bond and bonds up to $25000 the protestors said they would sue.
The Los Angeles City attorney said if they sue they will sue them in civil court as well.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/12/24/los-angeles-may-sue-occupy-protesters/
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:40pmThe politics in NYC are becoming anti-American. ALL AMERICANS need to speak out loud and clear. No tip-toes among the Obama Youth or the Demos! Do you here that Republicans? Grow a pair and tell the truth about this president and what he is doing to this country. Way to go Chief!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:24pmBarber2 Medal of Honor. Congressional Medal of Honor doesn’t exist.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:18pmWhatever – not that he isn’t right, but, police unions – ALL UNIONS – support obama’s riot movement – because they support obama. Sorry, if you support obama or any elected democrat, you support OWS.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:22pmSad. Do police have a choice in joining the union? Hmmmmm….
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:28pmI couldn’t agree with you more….. Unions have been taken over by the communist/socialist party of America. Until ALL members of ALL unions stand up against the Union, they are agreeing with Occupy and Obama.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:30pmYup, & they want to speak up against there own party crap starters, good luck with that , “ Catch 22 ” .
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:45pmPublic Unions need to be outlawed. They are funded by our money, then they bargain for more of our money. How does that help our country? Taxpayer money and Unions should not mix..
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:16pm.
Report Post »What do you have against Raw-Dogging at the Park?………
TGS
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:16pmWho the hell would want to occupy Albany? I wouldn‘t be surprised if they didn’t have to make “campaign donations” to the fatcats in that h-e-double hockeysticks hole.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:16pmWay to go chief tell the candy ass politicians what you think,they should all be recalled for not enforcing the law.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:15pmHooray for the NYPD!!
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:28pmYou mean Albany, NY PD, right? Nothing against NYPD, just they aren’t the subject of this post.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:15pmWell said, now pay ur union dues boy.
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