Brooklyn Jews Blame NYPD Leaks for Trashing Homi Victim

Brooklyn Jews Blame NYPD Leaks for Trashing Homi Victim

Monday, January 6th, 2014 ‘JP Jewish Political News’ Editorial:

The NYPD Shares the Blame of the NY Post’s Character Assassination of Stark

Brooklyn was abuzz Sunday. Elected officials voiced their disgust with the disgraceful NY Post coverage of Menachem Stark’s murder. The internet was awake, twitter was fuming, and all fire was directed at the New York Post editors and advertisers.

But did anyone pay attention, where did Larry Celona – one of the lead reporters in the despicable cover story – get his information from?

According to sources with knowledge of the NY Post newsroom, Larry Celona is the go-to-guy with any news related to the NYPD.  He has the best contacts with the high ranking officials in the NYPD, and he compiled all the garbage and slander from the “law-enforcement sources” or “investigators, speaking on condition of anonymity”. In this case an unusual amount, 4 or 5 law enforcement sources are named in this article, in such a short time frame.

Yes, this is the same Larry Celona that goofed up with the NY Post Boston bombing story, this same reporter that rushes to report stuff (Like 12 dead in Boston bombing, or FBI questioning Saudi national in Boston bombing) without vetting the information and confirming it.

But the Bigger question is: Is this what we deserve from New York City’s men in uniform, whose slogan is Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect?

Courtesy to whom, what kind of Professionalism is this? For investigators on a job to release such derogatory statements against a victim of such a heinous crime! Respect for whom, maybe for a grieving family, for a mourning community or for some fame hungry “Urinal-ists?”

How else would a tabloid find out about a sealed arrest if not from some rats in the Police Department? and why didn’t the same rat tell him why it was sealed? because the alleged victim said Stark was innocent and refused to sign a supporting affidavit, and the Manhattan prosecutors later dropped the charge.

But what is even worse, sources say that this information was intentionally and systematically released to the NY Post by these “investigators speaking on condition of anonymity” in order to deflect some of the pressure from them to make an arrest. As part of the mission, these investigators went and smeared the character of Menachem Stark, painted him as a shady mobster, that every second person on the street would want him dead, so the investigators can claim that there are too many people of interest, to be able to make an immediate arrest.

Where is the new police commissioner Bill Bratton condemning these heinous outrageous leaks from within his department? Where is the mayor demanding action to punish those responsible for this atrocity?

At the press conference yesterday, a reporter asked Borough President Eric Adams about these NYPD leaks. Instead of addressing the issue, Mr. Adams blamed the leaks on the old administration, promising that the new Police Commissioner will crack down on leaks like these.

It’s a nice line! How about the commissioner should start right now, issue a statement to condemn these leaks and take immediate action by conducting an internal investigation on who was responsible for it? Maybe this should be his first step to send the right message to avoid these kinds of leaks in the future.

As long as this won’t happen, the NYPD shares the blame as accomplices to the NY Post in this reprehensible report, which is an insult to this grieving family and the community.