Rochester, N.Y.,
police union leader Ron Evangelista has publicly
criticized police chief David Moore for requesting an
internal investigation into an alleged June 1 gay
bashing, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
reported Thursday.
"Let's have a
vote of confidence on Chief Moore," Evangelista said
at a press conference, reports the paper.
Moore ordered the
investigation after the victims of a local gay-bashing
incident claimed that police who responded used gay slurs
against them. In the ensuing confrontation, three of
the complainants were arrested, while the original
suspects were let go.
Evangelista
expressed his distaste for internal investigations that
"[step] on the hard work of our criminal investigators,"
reports the Democrat and Chronicle. He added
that any investigation could skew findings from the
original crime.
Evangelista
accused Moore of disregarding the rights of the police
officers. "In this world we live in, the cops aren't the
problem," he said. "It's the people with guns and drugs that
are the problem. You can't chastise them [the police]
for their discretions." (The Advocate)
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