The only question is, "Why?"
We get that he's the head of the organization, but he wasn't even on our radar for an apology. He wasn't here. He had nothing to do with this report. No disrespect, but he probably wouldn't know Officer Bailey's name in any event and quite frankly, we wouldn't expect him to. He has no ties to our fallen except in passing as a part of the thin blue line in cities across America. We wouldn't presume to know the names and circumstances of every NYPD copper who was killed in the line of duty.
We would, however, expect our own exempt staff to remember Officer Bailey's name. Especially with the surrounding publicity after his murder. Part of Daley's bodyguard detail; killed a month prior to retirement; one of three officers murdered in a particularly short period of time; eulogized by the mayor himself. We have no reason to believe McCarthy would have known any of this.
But a whole bunch of other people should have. And they are the ones who should be apologizing.
UPDATE: The video of McCarthy addressing this debacle was in the Tribune "beta video" section, which we now can't seem to find. Anyone have the link or did the Tribune pull it like the rest of the media has been pulling the gang banger photo?
We get that he's the head of the organization, but he wasn't even on our radar for an apology. He wasn't here. He had nothing to do with this report. No disrespect, but he probably wouldn't know Officer Bailey's name in any event and quite frankly, we wouldn't expect him to. He has no ties to our fallen except in passing as a part of the thin blue line in cities across America. We wouldn't presume to know the names and circumstances of every NYPD copper who was killed in the line of duty.
We would, however, expect our own exempt staff to remember Officer Bailey's name. Especially with the surrounding publicity after his murder. Part of Daley's bodyguard detail; killed a month prior to retirement; one of three officers murdered in a particularly short period of time; eulogized by the mayor himself. We have no reason to believe McCarthy would have known any of this.
But a whole bunch of other people should have. And they are the ones who should be apologizing.
UPDATE: The video of McCarthy addressing this debacle was in the Tribune "beta video" section, which we now can't seem to find. Anyone have the link or did the Tribune pull it like the rest of the media has been pulling the gang banger photo?