New York City Hall Support Your Local Police Rally
The following is the speech by NYPD Captain Joe Concannon (Ret.) at the steps of City Hall for the “Support Your Local Police” rally and press conference.
Hi, I’m Captain Joseph Concannon.
Captain Concannon speaks at rally
Were here today, because we support Public Safety, and we Support Our Police and all the men and women in law enforcement!
We’re here today because we respect the criminal justice process, we respect the rule of law, we respect our police officers and we want them to know we fully support them. These issues are not Democratic nor are they Republican – Public Safety impacts every New Yorker and everyone who visits our City.
For the past year, the Queens Village Republican Club has been leading the charge, on the forefront of the New York City and State political landscape. We’ve not only been in the news, but making the news. One year ago we stood on the steps of Queens Borough Hall in a freezing snow storm and declared our indignation against the outrageous remarks of Governor Cuomo, when he said conservative Republicans should leave New York. A few months later we were back at Borough Hall challenging the “Status Cuomo” and we haven’t stopped challenging it to this day, even as Cuomo recently commiserated, surrendering to the corruption of politics in New York, saying: “You’ve always had and you probably always will have some level of corruption.”
Ever since the attack on the staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January, where terrorists killed 12 and shouted, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “God is Great,” the Western World, especially New York City, being the world’s #1 target, have been on high alert. There have been 16 known terrorist plots against the city since Sept 11, 2001 according to the NYPD. Another attack on NYC is “not a question of if, but when.” Are we prepared?