Jamie McBride, a board member with the police union, on Mayor Eric Garcetti: “I think he should seek some help and maybe have somebody to talk to — a counselor or something — and reflect on some of his decisions,”
Officials with the Los Angeles police union assailed Mayor Eric Garcetti on Friday for comments he made about cutting the LAPD budget, saying police officers have lost confidence in the mayor’s ability to lead the city after days of demonstrations.Garcetti said that his proposal to reduce LAPD spending“That’s exactly the point,” he said. “It starts someplace, and we say we are going to be who we want to be, or we’re going to continue being the killers that we are.
“He smeared every single police officer in Los Angeles and across the nation by calling us killers,” said Jamie McBride, a board member with the union.
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