Cops held out as long as possible, took 20 minutes until politicians forced hand by refusing to budge. As Ed Koch pointed out, fanatical micromanager Giuliani would have to have given okay to make arrests of top black elected officials. As Koch did not say, Giuliani cannot much longer have it both ways. Cannot claim credit for engineering lowered crime rates and retain Teflon status when his cops kill unarmed civilians using more bullets than required to fell a bull elephant. Press thins out.
Man stands at edge of proceedings wearing leather jacket and bandanna, taking in scene.
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