

“But there is no place for inflammatory rhetoric that makes police officers even bigger targets than we already are.” “We fully support constructive dialogue about how police interact with citizens,” said Craig Lally, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, in a statement on Tuesday. Tarantino’s home base, the union representing Los Angeles police officers joined in the next day, supporting a boycott. “There are no words to describe the contempt I have for him and his comments at this particular time.”īack in Mr. Bratton said on Monday during an interview with John Gambling on WNYM-AM. “Shame on him, particularly at this time when we are grieving the murder of a New York City police officer,” Mr. Bratton, the New York City police commissioner, also criticized Mr. Tarantino was a “cop-hater” and someone who makes a living “glorifying crime and violence.” Lynch, called for a boycott of his films, saying in a statement that Mr. Tarantino appeared at the protest, the president of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Patrick J. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered.”Īfter Mr.

“And if you believe there’s murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. Tarantino, who flew in from California for the rally, was quoted by The Associated Press. “I’m a human being with a conscience,” Mr. In a statement on Thursday, RiseUpOctober criticized the backlash against Mr. The rally called for justice for people killed by the police in shootings across the United States. Tarantino, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for a bloody crime oeuvre that includes “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” and the “Kill Bill” movies, joined demonstrators in New York City on Saturday in a protest organized by RiseUpOctober. Disqus privacy policy MestRe-C Lite 4.7.4.Philadelphia and Los Angeles police groups have said they will join New York City officers in a call to boycott the work of the film director Quentin Tarantino after remarks he made last weekend at a protest against police brutality.
