Legislative Update |
Officers to Protest Speech by Cop-Killer at University of Massachusetts |
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National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) President
Tom Nee will be leading a large contingent of police officers
and state troopers from both Raymond Luc Levasseur (rhymes with
"sewer"), the former leader of the revolutionary group
United Freedom Front, was released from federal prison in 2004
after serving 18 years for his role in the group, which plotted
a series of bombings and bank robberies along the East Coast between
1976 and 1984. New Jersey State Trooper Phil Lamonaco was fatally shot by members of the United Freedom
Front in 1981. The group also attempted to kill two
Massachusetts State Troopers. Trooper Lamonaco
was survived by his wife and three children. On Thursday, November 12, Tom Nee will lead a contingent of
officers and troopers from the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association,
the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the Massachusetts State
Police, the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association
and the New Jersey State Police to the University of Massachusetts,
site of the planned speech, to show support for the slain trooper's
family, and to bear witness to the callous and indifferent treatment
of officers and their survivors by the government of Massachusetts
and the University. "I honestly don't know what the governor is thinking anymore.
He's repeatedly cut state funding for law enforcement, doing away
with educational incentives for officers, pleading poverty in
the commonwealth's budget, and now he just stands back and lets
the public resources of the state University be used to support
a platform for a convicted cop-killer. I guess we should at
least be glad we know where the governor's priorities really
are," said Nee. Please consider adding your voice to the protest over this
insanity. You can contact the office of Massachusetts Governor
Deval Patrick at (617) 725-4005.
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