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TV news covered an officer involved shooting at which Pat Lynch noted the dangers faced routinely by NYC police officers: New York 1; News 12 Westchester; CBS 2 News; Fox 5 News; and WPIX 11 News. Stories also appeared in: NY Times; Daily News; Newsday; Staten Island Advance.

Police columnist Len Levitt posted his NYPD Confidential column entitled “The Garner Death: Not by Chokehold?”

The Daily News reports Pat Lynch’s call for the firing of the Commissioner for the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) for his disrespectful and abusive manner in which he berated and threatened a police officer at City Hall who did not recognize him and who asked for his ID. See also the PBA press release.

The first day of hearings in the disciplinary case of PO Pantaleo was reported by print and electronic local, national and international media. The sample included here includes Pat Lynch’s comments about the process and the officer’s innocence as well as an explanation of the planned defense by attorney Stu London. Print reports appeared in: Daily News; Post; Newsday; NY Times; Wall Street Journal; Staten Island Advance; Philadelphia Tribune; Times Union; Daily Mail (England). Electronic coverage appeared on: Fox 5 TV News; New York 1 TV News; News 12 Bronx TV News; ABC 7 TV News; New York 1's Inside City Hall; PIX 11 TV News; WINS radio news; ABC 770 radio news; WNYC radio news. See also the PBA press release.

Coverage of the attempted murder of PO Dalsh Veve in which Pat Lynch is quoted appeared on PIX 11 TV News, Daily News and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.