Another NYPD officer shot — and no one will march to protest
No demonstrators will block traffic to protest the ambush of Police Officer Brian Moore in Queens Saturday evening — the fifth New York City cop struck by gunfire in the line of duty since December.
Ironically enough, Moore was serving on a detail targeting illegal guns in Queens Village when he was shot twice in the face.
The officer, 25, was in a medically induced coma Sunday. The alleged shooter, 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell, an ex-con with a violent history, was in custody.
Moore is a second-generation city cop, joining the department in 2010. “Our hearts are with his family, his loved ones,” said Mayor de Blasio Saturday evening. “Our hearts are with his extended family, the men and women of the NYPD.”
Sad to say, respect for cops — indeed, for safe streets in general — has ebbed in New York City of late.
Yes, the mayor seems to have learned his lesson from December’s wild anti-police demonstrations, which faded only after the ambush-murders of two young cops in Brooklyn. De Blasio let Police Commissioner William Bratton keep a tight leash on last week’s fresh wave of anti-cop protests — and good for them both.
Yet the city still faces growing gun-violence woes.
Just last week, two died and four were wounded when gangbangers strafed funeral-goers in Brooklyn. And at least three were shot in separate incidents in The Bronx.
Bratton & Co. haven’t given up, of course: Officer Moore’s presence in Queens Saturday is proof of that.
Indeed, it’s proof — as if any is needed — that the men and women of the NYPD matter, too. They need the full, unqualified support of every New Yorker. Heaven knows they’ve earned it.
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