I wonder, was the Mayor’s security detail armed? And if so, I hope it was with nothing that can carry more than 7 bullets. Because otherwise Bloomberg would come off as a petty tyrant and a giant douchey hypocrite. And nobody wants that for a man who has shown consistently that he is willing to protect the good citizens of his city from salt and soda and accidents that may happen in the home when people presume it is their business to protect themselves from criminals who maddeningly refuse to comply with NY’s very stringent gun control laws.
TRS:
My favorite part is that a NY police officer acting as part of Bloomberg’s security detail in DC follows Mattera. Which we know is very much like racism. And the officer’s not even a White Hispanic!
Up is down. Black is white. Crimson is clover, over and over…
(h/t sdferr)
Oooooh! Me too! Me too! I have “security jurisdiction” in Washington DC, even though I don’t have a badge!
Any number can play. I would have asked baldie for his badge number, and made a note of his full name and rank in NYPD.
PS: don’t just accept whatever number he says, demand to SEE the badge.
Mattera should have called the cops.
Looks more like ‘insecurity jurisdiction’ to me.
The gods have rarely been this entertained.
“Would you like a sip of my soda?” Classic!
The whole motion of guards in unison against the one minor question -asking-fella is very funny, kinda like the reverse-image of a flock of sheep under the influence of one good border collie.
Hmmm…Alex Jones said Bloomberg had some security goons following him around when he was in New York for that crazy Piers Morgan interview.
Oh, look. Thugs. Just because they are Bloomberg’s thugs doesn’t change the fact of who they are.
I was reminded of Louis Farrakhan and his guards following him around step-for-step on stage.
I was reminded more of Gaddafi’s Amazons.
Yet what would the guards say should someone seriously intent on doing the Mayor harm have come along while they were so thoroughly focused on a non-entity in that respect? Hey, sorry you got shot Mayor! We were just doing our jobs!
It would have been interesting to call the DC cops and ask them if that mook-in-a-suit had “security jurisdiction”.
He should have asked to see the guards ID and written down the identifying information.
And called the DC cops to report that he was being followed by an armed man.
Greetings:
In the diminutive Mayor’s defense, he hasn’t come out for goon control.
“Security jurisdiction”: no such thing.