As a fellow New Yorker, I find this beyond depressing. The NYPD should be audited yearly. The budget is beyond obscene. As someone who's lived there for 30+ years, I've never seen this show of arms and takeover for a funeral. It seems we've allowed the city to become a police state. Shame on all of us.
I live near the medical examiner in Boston and the police love to block and sound sirens and fly helicopters any time any law enforcement person dies in the state. I envision the overtime and helicopter cost every time
As a fellow New Yorker, I find this beyond depressing. The NYPD should be audited yearly. The budget is beyond obscene. As someone who's lived there for 30+ years, I've never seen this show of arms and takeover for a funeral. It seems we've allowed the city to become a police state. Shame on all of us.
I live near the medical examiner in Boston and the police love to block and sound sirens and fly helicopters any time any law enforcement person dies in the state. I envision the overtime and helicopter cost every time