police sentiment if you look at this quote (not that I would ever sympathize with Patrick fuckin Lynch)

But if the PBA really did take the stance that stop & frisk was BAD for police / community relations, and the police themselves were taking all the heat for doing their job while Bloomberg kept his hands clean in the back seat of his lib-mousine, of course you are going to take any direct attack in the press or otherwise on the guy doing the job as a mortal injury to the reputation of the man and the department.