No doubt Attorney General Eric Schneiderman didn't mean his press conference Monday to look like a circus.
But that's how it came across, complete with a city comptroller, public advocate and assorted other officials who appeared in support, like clowns tumbling out of a tiny car.
First out was Schneiderman himself.
Instead of using the podium to call for citizens to respect the justice system, New York's top law-enforcement officer — with no hard evidence to show why it is necessary — asked for the authority to investigate claims of police brutality where there is a death.
This from the same man who constantly tells us he can't do anything to clean up Albany, and whose car, driven by a staffer, sideswiped another car when he was running for office but then kept on going.
Next up was Scott Stringer, the city comptroller who made headlines when it turned out he uses police officers as chauffeurs for his wife — and berates them when the service isn't up to the standards of His Upper West Side Majesty.
Ditto for Letitia James, the public advocate. In her less than a year in office, James has already distinguished herself with a reputation for not showing up. But if it's a chance to attack the NYPD, she'll be there, horn a-blowing.
Or Mayor de Blasio, leader of this Big Top. His NYPD detail is filled with men and women who would take a bullet for him or his family.
De Blasio wasn't with Schneiderman, but he helped launch this parade: for example, by saying he's raised his son — probably the most protected young man in all New York — to fear the police.
Charlie Chaplin once said being a clown "places me on a far higher plane than any politician." Given the Bozos now running New York, he didn't know how right he was.
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