NYPD officer punished for wearing pro-Trump patch on uniform
The NYPD is disciplining an officer who wore a “politically-oriented patch” whereas on responsibility — a day after video surfaced of a sergeant sporting a “Trump Make Enforcement Great Again 2020″ patch at a Brooklyn protest.
The feminine sergeant was noticed at a Black Lives Matter demonstration Friday night time exterior a precinct in Ft. Greene, wearing a patch which performs off former President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, video posted on-line from the occasion reveals.
The patch featured the cranium emblem of Marvel Comics character The Punisher — tweaked to sport a Trump-style coif.
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The cop, recognized by the Sergeants Benevolent Association on Twitter as Dana Martillo, wore a second patch that includes the Punisher cranium.
The NYPD stated Martillo has “received an initial discipline” and that an investigation is ongoing.
“Members of the NYPD must remain apolitical,” Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted Saturday afternoon.
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“It’s essential to public trust & officers’ ability to perform their jobs.”
The commissioner’s tweet met with offended replies each on and offline.
The Punisher emblem is well-liked among the many far-right so-called “Three Percenters” motion, some observers famous on Twitter.
“Where the HELL were HER bosses?” tweeted @JaceSister, who self-identified as a “former police dispatcher married to [a] police chief. “CONDUCT UNBECOMING! She should go!”
But SBA President Ed Mullins said the cop should have simply been told to remove the patches.
“With all of the stuff that’s occurring within the metropolis proper now, we’re apprehensive a few patch?” he stated.
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“You know the best way to repair that downside. You say, ‘It’s not licensed. Take it off.’”
Besides, Mullins continued, morale in the department is “horrible.”
“Shea needs to be out defending his cops,” he stated.
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