Watch: Former NYC Top Cop Bill Bratton for Marriage Equality
Former NYC police commissioner Bill Bratton and his wife Rikki Klieman join those pushing for marriage equality for New Yorkers.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Bratton spoke passionately about the issue.
He invoked history, saying that tensions around any number of issues — including the introduction of women in policing — were eased when legal rights were extended to those being discriminated against. Reforms remove the aura that enables prejudice, he said, and the result is “a safer community” for gays and lesbians and for the wider society as a whole.
“I was speaking from the perspective of my police experiences, that once you pass these laws, a lot of the bias or the hatred or the violence that is associated dissipates,” said Mr. Bratton...
Watch his spot, AFTER THE JUMP...
Bill Bratton was one of the great NYPD Commissioners, and it was shameful how Giuliani ran Bratton out of that job for getting better press than the mayor. It's great to see such a high-ranking law-enforcement professional come out in support of the LGBT community. It's not something you see every day.
Posted by: Nathan James | Apr 1, 2011 7:37:51 PM