NYC Public Advocate On Killing Of NYPD Cop And NYPD Killing Of Bangladeshi Teen: “This Isn’t Public Safety For Anyone”

By New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams Photos: The Daily Star\YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK: After a week in which NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed during a traffic stop, Win Rozario was killed during a 911 mental health response, and other high-profile violence has impacted the city, amNewYork has published an op-ed from New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams which speaks to the grief and pain in the city amid these high-profile acts of violence, and to the shared humanity of all victims and families.  As he writes, “When each of these New Yorkers is laid to rest, the grief on the faces of their families will look the same… This isn’t public safety, for anyone.” In the piece, entitled Turning pain into purpose and progress, not more of the same, the Public Advocate addresses the anger that comes from grief and frustration at these cycles of violence, writing “Anger is not only a reasonable response to these cycles of pain and to individual incidents, it’s expected. We have to then channel that anger, though, in the right direction – preventing future pain… Instead, too often, people assign inappropriate blame and motivation, misusing a...