A few pro-cop groups may file Mayor Bill de Blasio after they refused to compare a wall of Blue Lives Matter to the one Black Lives Matter had splashed across Fifth Avenue, The Post has learned.
The lawsuit, filed late Monday by Blue Lives Matter NYC and Standing up for NYC in New York’s Southern District, accuses Blasio and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg of violating the groups’ First Amendment rights by allowing them to own city property. use by private speakers ”- yet a similar mural prohibits political support.
“The message ‘Black Lives Matter’ is very political and is widely understood by the public to be a general anti-police message and to support, include extreme measures such as defending the police and ending the activity of ‘ the police, “the suit states.
Founder of Blue Lives Sgt. Joe Imperatrice told The Post on Tuesday that he simply wanted “the same privilege to be granted to bring to light a case in which we believe so would change in the trajectory of equality for all with the same interest.”
“Certain politicians have moved away from equality and honesty for all and have given preference to certain groups,” he added.
The co-founders of Standing up for NYC, Jason Cohen and Tatiana Davidoff, said the mural is meant to honor Cops and raise morale.
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“This mural is the smallest thing we could do to show our respect for them in these controversial times,” Davidoff said.
The two groups penned a letter to Hizzoner last month requesting the pro-cop mural near NYPD headquarters in downtown Manhattan.
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But the Blasio refused, declaring in late July that Black Lives Matter “exaggerates all ideas of politics … This is about something much bigger than one group.”
City Hall did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This story first appeared in the New York Post.
