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A New York City constabulary serviceman called retired anti-police City Council members arsenic "hypocritical" aft they pleaded pinch constabulary to rescue them aft receiving "scary" threats.
The New York Post, citing NYPD sources, said that staffers were near clutching their pearls aft threats were made against NYC Council members Chi Ossé and Shahana Hanif, on pinch Yusef Salaam and Carlina Rivera.
"It’s disgusting," 1 staffer texted a assembly colleague. "I’ve clutched my nonexistent pearls astatine immoderate of nan threats made against Ossé. And immoderate person been thought to beryllium reliable arsenic per information and NYPD."
"And for him to beryllium specified a critic, if nan PD says we request to evacuate/be observant and past listen," different staffer replied.
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New York City Council personnel Chi Ossé has been a vocal professional of nan NYPD. (Andrea Renault/AFP via Getty Images)
A staffer for Hanif allegedly complained astir "elevated" and "especially concerning" threats phoned into her office, praising rule enforcement for being "very responsive," nan Post reported.
One Brooklyn constabulary serviceman told The Post that this is what they would expect from "hypocritical politicians."
"I wouldn’t expect thing little from a mates of hypocritical politicians," nan serviceman told nan outlet. "Since they don’t want constabulary officers, why don’t they spell retired and prosecute backstage security?"
New York City Council personnel Shahana Hanif. Hanif has been captious of nan NYPD and a vocal protagonist of nan anti-Israel movement. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The 4 Democratic assembly members person been vocal critics of nan NYPD and person pushed for arguable policies, specified arsenic nan "How Many Stops Act," which requires officers to archive basal accusation successful low-level encounters.
Along pinch their anti-cop rhetoric, nan assembly members person been vocal supporters successful pro-Palestinian protests raging crossed nan Big Apple.
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NYC Council personnel Carlina Rivera speaks during a rally. Rivera has spoken retired against nan police. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
In October, little than a period aft Hamas' unprecedented onslaught connected Israel, Hanif was arrested astatine an anti-Israel rally successful Bryant Park.
"On October 20th, I was arrested alongside a multiracial conjugation of New Yorkers, among them 2 members of my team, galore Muslims and Jews, galore whose first-time it was risking an arrest, demanding Senators Schumer and Gillibrand support a ceasefire successful Gaza," Hanif wrote successful an Instagram station pursuing her arrest. "I americium proud to echo nan calls for bid made by truthful galore of my Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish neighbors. We person seen capable bloodshed, we request our elected officals successful each level of authorities to request a ceasefire now."
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Ossé, Salaam and Rivera person each besides called for an contiguous cease-fire successful Gaza.
Fox News Digital has reached retired to Ossé, Hanif, Salaam and Rivera for comment.
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