Sarges taking heat for vid on ‘blue racism’
DON’T HATE ’em because they’re blue.
A video produced by the NYPD sergeants union claiming police officers are victims of “blue racism” is being picked apart online, with critics calling the segment both offensive and laughable.
“You don’t understand racism and that’s a pretty big problem,” Alexandra Halaby tweeted to the Sergeants Benevolent Association after seeing the four-minute video online.
The video, posted on YouTube Sunday, shows NYPD cops as the narrator describes them as fathers, mothers, churchgoers and community volunteers. “The average person doesn’t see those things that make me human,” the narrator says. “They tend to see me through a broader stereotype . . . even a racist lens. Because I am blue, increasingly I am vilified . . . as this strange form of racism continues to engulf the country.”
Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins was shocked by the negative comments. “The video wasn’t designed to be divisive. It was designed to . . . really stress the fact that this has to stop.”