{"id":6112,"date":"2020-06-11T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-lieutenant-apologizes-for-kneeling-alongside-george-floyd-protesters\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:17:00","slug":"nypd-lieutenant-apologizes-for-kneeling-alongside-george-floyd-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-lieutenant-apologizes-for-kneeling-alongside-george-floyd-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD lieutenant apologizes for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD lieutenant apologizes for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 11, 2020 |<\/span> 11:17am |<\/span> Updated June 11, 2020 | 11:59am<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n NYPD Lt. Robert Cattani apologized for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters in Foley Square late last month.<\/span>
\n Peter Gerber<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n A Manhattan NYPD lieutenant sent an email to his fellow officers apologizing for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters late last month \u2014 telling them that \u201cthe cop in me wants to kick my own ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a June 3 email obtained by The Post Thursday, Lt. Robert Cattani of the Midtown South Precinct said he regrets his \u201chorrible decision to give into a crowd of protesters\u2019 demands\u201d and kneel at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, with several other cops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions prior to the decision to take a knee were very difficult as we were put center stage with the entire crowd chanting,\u201d Cattani wrote. \u201cI know I made the wrong decision. We didn\u2019t know how the protesters would have reacted if we didn\u2019t and were attempting to reduce any extra violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video from the demonstration shows thousands of protesters chanting, \u201cNYPD, take a knee\u201d at officers.<\/p>\n

After some prodding from the crowd, at least four cops knelt and were met with raucous cheers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought maybe that one protester\/rioters who saw it would later think twice about fighting or hurting a cop,\u201d Cattani wrote. \u201cI was wrong. At least that [sic] what I told myself when we made that bad decision. I know that it was wrong and something I will be shamed and humiliated about for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that a\u2013hole in Minneapolis was wrong,\u201d Cattani added, referring to fired cop Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with murdering Floyd.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet we don\u2019t concede [sic] for other officers\u2019 mistakes,\u201d he added. \u201cI do not place blame on anyone other than myself for not standing my ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In Foley Square, resounding chants of \u201cNYPD take a knee.\u201d Eventually, four cops kneel to huge chants. \u201cWe just want to get home safely, same as you,\u201d says one protester. pic.twitter<\/a>.com\/6eRC4h9L0Q<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) June 1, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He wrote that his decision to kneel \u201cgoes against every principle and value I stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent the first part of my career thriving to build a reputation of a good cop,\u201d he said. \u201cI threw that all in the garbage in Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Cattani took a knee, he said, he\u2019s struggled to eat and sleep and even considered leaving the department.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not imagine the idea of ever coming back to work and putting on the uniform I so wrongly shamed,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHowever, I decided that was the easy way out for me and I will continue to come to work every day being there for my personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Cattani\u2019s letter.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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