Police union head warns city council to skip funeral of slain NYPD officer: 'Crocodile tears'
The New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association has warned city council members to skip slain Officer Jonathan Dillers funeral this weekend and accused them of being complicit in his “completely avoidable death.”
SBA President Vincent J. Vallelong predicted in a missive Wednesday that city council members who show up to the father of one’s funeral in Massapequa Park on Saturday would shed a few crocodile tears and use the event as a good photo opportunity.
The Council members who are vehemently and inexplicably against public safety are responsible for the carnage in the streets and the heartbreak brought about by PO Dillers completely avoidable death, Vallelong insisted. 3 How The Post told the tragic story. New York Post 3 Officer Diller and his son Ryan, 1, pose at a wedding. Facebook/Jean O'Donnell
Diller, 31, was allegedly gunned down by career criminal Guy Rivera, 34, during a traffic stop in Queens on Monday evening.
Vallelong said in the wake of the killing, he has “anger directed at those who have forsaken the rules and systems of law, thereby emboldening the criminal element to unprecedented proportions.”
His frustration, he said, is further exacerbated by these local lawmakers’ comments on Diller’s death. 3 Cops take Officer Diller’s body to the city morgue. William Miller
“As I read the news and social media posts written by many New York City Council members, it enrages me how hollow and untrue their words of sympathy and empathy are,” he said.