NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea took to Twitter Thursday to call the killing of an unarmed man by a Minneapolis cop “deeply disturbing” and “wrong.”
“What we saw in Minnesota was deeply disturbing,” the Big Apple’s top cop posted on his department account.
“It was wrong,” he wrote. “We must take a stand and address it. We must come together, condemn these actions and reinforce who we are as members of the NYPD. This is not acceptable ANYWHERE.”
His post came a day after one of his detectives took to Facebook to denounce Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, shown in viral footage pinning his knee on the neck of George Floyd, as his “enemy” because he dishonored the badge.
Detective Dmaine Freeland spoke out in a public video posted to Facebook Wednesday about the Monday night incident that has sparked national protests.
“I felt compelled to say something, because I realized by saying nothing that I am indeed saying something,” said Freeland, who is wearing his NYPD uniform in the clip, which is against department rules.
It wasn’t immediately known if he would be punished for the post.