A culture that pampers – and encourages – criminals led to the shooting on Christmas Eve of a New York Police officer in Brooklyn, according to the head of the city’s largest police union.
The 27-year-old policeman was saved by his bulletproof vest after being shot in the back while responding to a domestic dispute shortly after 9 pm Thursday in Crown Heights, police said.
Flanked by Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials at Kings County Hospital, Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch later said the suspect was not afraid to shoot the best of New York.
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“Why does a criminal feel bold enough to shoot a policeman? That is the question we must ask and we must answer. There are a number of reasons [why] Is happening. Lack of support on the street, squandering by the police, bail reform, lack of prosecution. That’s why this is happening, “said Lynch.
Authorities say the life of Connor Boalick, a 27-year-old NYPD officer, was probably saved by a bulletproof vest.
The suspect, identified as William Moss, shot the policeman after his girlfriend’s mother called the police to alert them that he threatened to come and open fire, according to police sources.
The officers were talking to the younger woman when Moss arrived, shot the policeman and ran away, the sources said.
Police chased Moss to nearby Prospect Place, where they fired multiple shots at him and took him into custody.
Lynch said he believed criminals had the courage to endanger the lives of police officers.
“There must be fear in the hearts of criminals that they know that if they shoot a policeman, they will not walk the streets,” he said.
The injured policeman is being treated at the hospital.
“A man threatened his girlfriend and, as the NYPD was there, that woman is alive now,” de Blasio said at the hospital.
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“Our officer, thank God, will be fine … As you saw today, the NYPD saved someone’s life,” said the mayor.
Police commissioner Dermot Shea lifted the policeman’s protective vest at the news conference to show where the bullet had lodged.