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Monday, February 17, 2014

Swept Under The Rug: Mayor De Blasio's Call To NYPD To Get His Friend Rev. Orlando Findlayter Out of Jail


 Bishop Orlando Findlayter at the New Hope Christian Fellowship Church. He was arrested because a failure to
pay his car insurance led to a license suspension and he also had two outstanding warrants from an immigration protest.

Mayor De Blasio set a bad precedent by making a call to the NYPD to "talk" about his friend Rev. Findlayter, and then telling him to not talk about it. The new monitor of the NYPD should investigate. This is a matter of public interest. Meanwhile, if a person you know is arrested, call the Mayor's office and ask them to call the police to set your friend/relative/other, free.

Betsy Combier

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Bishop Orlando Findlayter, an early supporter of Bill de Blasio’s campaign
for mayor, after giving a sermon in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Driving with a suspended license?

Doesn't seem to be a very good example that the Reverend is setting here.

As for Mayor deBlasio- by calling the NYPD to "inquire" about the Reverend when he was arrested, isn't he basically perpetuating the " Tale of Two Cities" meme?

Those that have connections get out of jail, those that don't stay in..... Not a very good way for Mr. deB to start off his new Mayoral administration.