![]() "New Yorkers need to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous 'Cop Fiction.' It's time for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films."Ī response from Tarantino was not immediately available.īut the city's top cop, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who doesn't fly off the handle as easily as Lynch, said Monday he feels as much contempt as Lynch about Tarantino suggesting cops are "murderers." ![]() "The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls 'murderers' aren't living in one of his depraved big screen fantasies - they're risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem. "It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too," Lynch said in a statement posted on the union's website. Patrick Lynch, the volatile head of the cop union, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, lashed out against Tarantino on Sunday, calling him a "purveyor of degeneracy" and his remarks "slanderous 'Cop Fiction.'" It was only the latest flashpoint in the tally of shootings all over the country (of citizens by police and police by citizens), and the increasingly bitter exchanges between police and African American activists over who is more victimized by the other. A suspect has been charged with murder and robbery in the case. But the demonstration happened in the wake of another shooting of a New York police officer: Randolph Holder was shot to death last week while chasing a bicycle thief. The protest was peaceful and there were no arrests. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered." "And if you believe there's murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. "I'm a human being with a conscience," he said. Tarantino told reporters he flew in from California for the protest to stand up for the victims of police shootings. As they moved, those with megaphones shouted stories of the slain as others waved signs with photos of the dead, mostly young black men, and the dates and places of their deaths. Speakers at the protest said they want justice for people killed by police.Īccording to the Associated Press, the protesters walked past lines of police officers who had cordoned off a lane of traffic for them. Tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday in Greenwich Village's Washington Square to march a few miles along Sixth Avenue as part of a series of demonstrations organized by the New York group RiseUpOctober over the past week. Lynch went on to call Tarantino a "purveyor of degeneracy" who "has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous 'Cop Fiction'.After Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino marched against police shootings in Manhattan this weekend, the New York police union called for a boycott of his movies Sunday. "It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too," Patrick Lynch of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association said in a statement. That cop that was killed, that's a tragedy, too." The director's comments irked police bosses in the Big Apple they've called on police officers and their families to boycott his films. Tarantino said the timing of the demonstration was unfortunate, adding, "We've flown in all these families to go and tell their stories. The event took place days after New York cop Randolph Holder was fatally shot in Manhattan's East Harlem neighbourhood. Tarantino, 52, reportedly flew to New York from his home in California just to attend the rally, which concluded with a march from Washington Square Park to Times Square, past lines of police officers who had cordoned off a traffic lane for the demonstrators, reported the New York Post.
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