The Issue: A Queens jury\u2019s verdict acquitting NYPD cop Jonathan Diller\u2019s shooter of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n
The jury\u2019s decision to acquit the career criminal who shot NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller<\/a> of first-degree murder defies reason (\u201cCop killer verdict shocker,\u201d<\/a> April 2).<\/p>\n It was a failure on their part to properly execute their sworn duty as jurors.<\/p>\n This savage should never walk the streets again. <\/p>\n I hope Judge Michael Aloise sees to it that he doesn\u2019t when he sentences him on the other counts in the case.<\/p>\n Thomas Urban<\/p>\n Wantagh<\/p>\n Unfortunately, this verdict will have a chilling effect on how officers work on preventing crimes. <\/p>\n Why would you put yourself on the line when the people of this city don\u2019t have your back?<\/p>\n I spent over 22 years with the NYPD and loved the job, but I would not recommend it to any family or friend. <\/p>\n God bless and protect the Diller family.<\/p>\n Dan Gardner<\/p>\n Staten Island<\/p>\n Defense attorney Jamal Johnson\u2019s argument that Diller\u2019s death is an example of \u201cwhat happens when you\u2019re stopping people and you\u2019re doing it in a dishonest way\u201d is despicable. <\/p>\n Even the blind could\u2019ve seen Guy Rivera\u2019s intent to kill.<\/p>\n Has justice become so perverted that victims have lost their right to due process?<\/p>\n James Evans<\/p>\n Worcester, Mass.<\/p>\n Another heartbreaking verdict in the murder of a hero cop in New York.<\/p>\n My heart breaks for Diller\u2019s widow and son. <\/p>\n While they have to live without him, his murderer will serve 15 or 20 years in prison, where he will find God and become a changed man. <\/p>\n Then a left-wing parole board will release him because it wasn\u2019t their loved one who was killed.<\/p>\n Gordie Johnson<\/p>\n Latham<\/p>\n The fact that Rivera\u2019s gun jammed in an attempt to shoot Diller\u2019s partner should\u2019ve made this an ironclad decision for the jury.<\/p>\n It is ludicrous that the defense tried to portray this as a case of racial profiling, given the fact that Rivera had a criminal record, was armed and perhaps on the cusp of committing another crime. <\/p>\n The defense scratched the bottom of the barrel trying to defend this low-life.<\/p>\n Frank Brady<\/p>\n Yonkers<\/p>\n Don\u2019t feel hopeful that Rivera may be sentenced to life without parole. <\/p>\n In the cop-hating world of New York City, you can count on a future parole board setting him free in 20 years or so.<\/p>\n New Yorkers who voted for Mayor Mamdani and District Attorney Alvin Bragg have blood on their hands.<\/p>\n Robert Mangi<\/p>\n Garden City<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Issue: President Trump\u2019s address to the nation boasting of how he\u2019s taking down the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n