The man chased two people into a Chick-fil-A in downtown Boston Saturday night, where an unnamed off-duty officer drew his weapon, announced that he was a policeman, and told the suspect to drop his weapon. When he refused, the knifeman was shot, and he died a short while later at the hospital.
In the press conference that followed, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) offered her condolences and thoughts to "the family of the individual whose life has been lost."
The sentiment was later echoed by Police Commissioner Michael Cox, prompting social media outrage.
Randy Sutton of The Wounded Blue says the liberal leaders' first instinct was to show concern for the criminal "as opposed to talking about a.) the victims and b.) the bravery and the courage of an off-duty police officer who probably saved two people's … lives or from being seriously injured."
In a normal environment, he says the rank-and-file police force would find this demoralizing. But Boston is not normal.
"If I'm a police officer in Boston, I'm already pretty used to the uselessness of the mayor and the city council and their lack of compassion and empathy," says Sutton.
That, he laments, is as unnatural as it is common.
"This is all part of the liberal nonsense that continues to plague many cities that are unfortunately run by Democrats," Sutton contends.
This is another example of Democrats being soft on crime and anti-police.
