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Anti-Lynch Rebellion Grows

by Josh Marshall

01.20.15 | 3:37 pm

Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, speaks during a news conference after the bodies of two fallen NYPD police officers were transported from Woodhull Medical Center, Saturday, Dec. 20, 201... Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, speaks during a news conference after the bodies of two fallen NYPD police officers were transported from Woodhull Medical Center, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in New York. An armed man walked up to two New York Police Department officers sitting inside a patrol car and opened fire Saturday afternoon, killing one and critically wounding a second before running into a nearby subway station and committing suicide, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) MORE LESS

Toxic NYPD union leader Pat Lynch facing growing rebellion from rank and file over grandstanding, general dickishness and inattention to bread and butter needs of officers.

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Josh Marshall is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TPM.

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