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Thursday, April 1, 2021

When a convicted cop-killer gets to help 're-imagine' policing

Ithaca, NY resident Richard Rivera sits on a committee called "Re-Imagining Public Safety," which is responsible for suggesting reforms to the Ithaca Police Department.  Mandated by New York State governor Andrew Cuomo, all 500 police agencies throughout N.Y. were tasked with holding public meetings in order to gather input about how best to operate.  The participants in the Ithaca initiative chose to basically disband the police department and replace it with a hybrid group of armed and unarmed de-escalation people who would replace the traditional way of policing.

Fifty-six-year-old Richard Rivera is alive and healthy.  He has a girlfriend and a nice job working for a non-profit in Ithaca, and he also sits on the committee called Re-Imagining Public Safety.

Robert Walsh is dead...... Walsh was a father of four.  They all grew up without their father.  This is what one daughter had to say some thirty-plus years later about her dad....... . "It's ironic that a cop can get a death sentence for being a cop, but there are no death penalties for people who kill cops" ..............The City of Ithaca, NY is Re-Imagining Public Safety with input from a convicted cop-killer............To Read More....

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