The Sonny Carson Controversy Continues into the New Week....

Comrie Denounces Hate Postings On Police Blog

There appears to be further fallout from the controversy surrounding the call for a street re-naming for the controversial figure, Sonny Carson. Carson was no friend of the New York Police Department and, from the perspective of those in New York law enforcement circles, the feeling was mutual. Yet, one backer of the street re-naming measure was the Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron (D-42th District) who has become a target of some segments inside the police department within recent days. Leroy Comrie and Barron have been at odds since the fallout of the Carson street re- naming snafu. So, for the record, here is the latest Politics does make strange bedfellows...

NEW YORK, NY- Councilmember Leroy Comrie (D-27th District) issued the following statement today regarding the news that the organization 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement who Care called for an investigation into the internet blog known as “NYPD Rant”, which had postings which questioned the sexuality of and directed several death threats toward Councilmember Charles Barron:

“I want to join the members of 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement today in denouncing the heinous postings on the NYPD Rant website about my Council colleague, Charles Barron. There is no place in our society today for death threats against public officials, much less anyone else. To tolerate such actions is a threat to the foundation of our democracy. And to remain silent in the face of such hate is unacceptable. Whether you agree with Councilmember Barron or not, there is no place for threats of violence in our public discourse and I want to encourage all my colleagues in public office to speak out on this issue.”

To see for yourself the clash inside New York's City Council last week and, the fallout one week later that led to the above police Internet incident of death threats against an elected official, visit this site listed below.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2239767169994895886&pr=goog-sl