{"id":1635,"date":"2006-10-03T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T17:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/10\/not_only_did_he_do_that_but_he_lives_in_the_neighborhood.html"},"modified":"2006-10-03T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T17:38:26","slug":"not_only_did_he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/10\/not_only_did_he.html","title":{"rendered":"Not Only Did He Do That But He Lives In The Neighborhood!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things that illustrate a lack of good judgement include making a big show of tearing down a cop’s 9\/11 memorial that sits directly across the street from the police station at which he once worked<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Adnan Emre, 26, tore down a portion of Officer Paul Talty’s tribute attached to a light post at 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, police sources said.<\/p>\n

It consisted of 5-inch-by-7-inch picture of the late officer, a cross, a plaque and crossed American and Irish flags. The plaque is inscribed, “Rest in Peace, Paul. We miss you. God Bless.”<\/p>\n

Emre ripped down the cross at about 7:52 a.m., cops said, and announced his deed by screaming, “This is political!”<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

A passing MTA booth clerk witnessed the vandalism and called cops, who responded from the 108th Precinct station house just down the block.<\/p>\n

Emre was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, said a spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. He faces a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Emre is a native of Turkey but now lives in Long Island City, police said.<\/p>\n

Local residents were outraged by the destruction.<\/p>\n

“If I caught him, he’d be dead, the bastard!” fumed Tom Ledden, 71, a long-time Long Island City resident and military veteran.<\/p>\n

Sung Park, owner of a deli across the street from Talty’s memorial, said he fondly remembers the cop as a friendly, regular customer:<\/p>\n

“I only have good memories of him,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Who would do this? He’s a nut. People died on 9\/11 and this sicko destroys the memorial? You must be really sick.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things that illustrate a lack of good judgement include making a big show of tearing down a cop’s 9\/11 memorial that sits directly across the street from the police station at which he once worked: Adnan Emre, 26, tore down a portion of Officer Paul Talty’s tribute attached to a light post at 50th Avenue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jerk_move"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}