NYC cop-killer’s bizarre murder acquittal: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: A jury acquitting Guy Rivera of first-degree murder for killing NYPD cop Jonathan Diller.
Are New York City juries that stupidly liberal to suppose it’s not first-degree murder to have a loaded gun, slay one officer and attempt to murder one other?
Unfortunately, the reply is yes (“Uniform pain of slain cops’ kin,” April 4).
The solely strategy to overcome this stupidity is for the Legislature to move legal guidelines that present a life sentence with out parole when a cop is murdered on responsibility.
But that gained’t occur; lefty legislators in Albany solely care about what taxes they’ll levy on us.
Niles Welikson
Williston Park
NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller didn’t need to die.
He deserves his honors.
But all of us deserve the reality; figuring out that’s what the jury is accountable for, even when that verdict is unpopular.
The jurors did their job; their trustworthy service is what we hope for in each trial, even when we don’t like the result.
Katherine Meeks
Manhattan
The Diller verdict — proper or flawed — clarifies the failings within the totally different levels of murder in New York law.
First-degree murder requires intent to kill, which, with out proof of a premeditated plan, is troublesome to show.
A plan wasn’t current on this case, however Rivera fought to retain his weapon, which proves an intention to make use of it and which ought to permit the decide to condemn him to life imprisonment.
Richard Carhidi
Manhattan
I commend Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch for condemning the acquittal of Rivera for first-degree murder (“Gut Punch to NYPD Morale,” Jessica Tisch, April 3).
I understand the jurors could have been deluded by the sleazy ways utilized by protection lawyer Jamal Johnson, who inexplicably tried to painting Rivera as a sufferer.
However, I want that they might have seen by means of Johnson’s lies.
John Fox
Sunnyside
I’m wondering if the decision would have been totally different if the perpetrator was white and the sufferer black.
Nonetheless, this verdict is the end result of jurors who had an agenda of their own.
The decide ought to overturn this verdict and reassure the NYPD that justice will all the time prevail.
Colette Curry
Staten Island
Is it a shock for a NYC jury to have acquitted a cop-killer of first-degree murder?
No, as a result of this jury is nothing if not a microcosm of people who elected cop-hating socialist Mayor Mamdani.
The jury’s determination says to officers, “Go ahead, do this very dangerous job, risk your life for us, but we don’t have your back.”
Mitchell Schwefel
Barnegat, NJ
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The Issue: President Trump’s profanity-laced Truth Social post warning Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
If President Trump is snug utilizing expletives on social media, would he be simply as snug utilizing them standing on the presidential podium (“Strait to the point,” April 6) ?
The public decorum of a sitting president must be equally civilized throughout all venues, or else one shouldn’t be match to hold forth the constitutional imaginative and prescient of our forefathers.
Denise Saupe
Minneapolis, Minn.
The phrase “speak softly and carry a big stick” shouldn’t be one we will connect to Trump.
His use of expletives could also be momentarily satisfying to him, however it’s not presidential to say the least.
While I’m sure different presidents have uttered related phrases, they’ve by no means been meant for widespread public consumption.
I shudder to suppose of all of the younger people studying his ineloquent remarks on their handheld gadgets. Needless to say, it’s a horrible instance.
One factor is for sure: Trump won’t ever be remembered for being Churchillian beneath duress.
Phil Serpico
Queens
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