'There are bad people in every profession': Russian-speaking immigrants support New York police

Actress Tatyana Rodina, who immigrated to the United States several years ago, described how emigrants from post-Soviet countries support New York police. She shared information on her YouTube channel "Cinema Wine and Domino."

Today, many speak out against the police calling them bandits and calling for the disbandment of the police. As a rule, this is said by people who have not personally faced situations that threaten their life or property.

“Usually it is said by those who have never faced the fact that they were hit on the head, robbed or raped. Because in that case, where will they call? Of course, to the police, ”said Rodina.

She added that "bad people come in any profession." For example, you can take health workers.

“How many people die because doctors make the wrong diagnosis, treat wrong, prescribe the wrong medication?” How many patients die on the operating table because the doctor cut something wrong, did the wrong procedure? ” - argues the actress.

But in such situations, no one calls to abandon the services of doctors and disband hospitals and clinics.

“You cannot judge everyone by the act of one person,” the Motherland is convinced. - Yes, there are doctors who cause patients to die. But how many patients are saved by other doctors. The police are just the same. ”

As in the case of doctors, there are police officers who injured people. But the police saved a lot of people, the actress stressed. She called on those who oppose the cops to “think before screaming about disbanding the police” next time.

“Think about where you will call, whom you will contact if misfortune happens to you!” - called the activist.

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The actress noted that the area in which she lives (Brighton Beach, Sheephead Bay) supports the local police. In order not to be unfounded, Tatyana told how, along with the writer, playwright and director Yan Yufit, she several times supported the police. She brought food to one of the police departments of the city.

“Why are we doing this? Because mainly in democratic states the government of these states betrayed the police, and we want to show that we support the policemen, as well as everyone who is responsible for our security, ”Yang explained.

When activists first brought food to the police, they responded very well to such a gesture.

“They were very pleased and glad that we are doing,” the writer said. - But the fact of food delivery is not important. It’s important to show that we thought about it, took care, raised money and paid attention to them directly. ”

Prepares for the police cafe Tet-A-Tet, owned by Oleg Novikov. This institution managed to become famous for good deeds. Throughout the quarantine, it fed the poor for free, as well as doctors, pensioners, and everyone who needed food, but could not afford it.

In addition, on June 24, activists took part in a rally organized by Russian-speaking New Yorkers in support of police officers. Among the participants in the meeting were bikers - representatives of the Bratva and Partizans clubs.

“We will always stand behind the community, for our people and not only for the Russian-speaking, for all the guys,” the representative of the Partizany club said at the meeting. “Everything that we can do with our club, we will do.” He added that the club’s representatives did not discriminate against anyone, either by nationality or religion.

To ensure order in the community, activists organized a system of patrols. Say, recently the Partizan club joined forces with the Bratva club to act more efficiently.

“It all started with three or four people. The next day we were twenty. A week later, with the association of the Bratva club, we became more than a hundred, ”said another representative of the Partizany club.

The main goal that bikers have focused their efforts on is to unite the community.

“Why are we doing this? Everyone sees what is happening around, everyone has realized the problem. Up to this point, the entire community has lived by the principle of “my hut from the edge,” the biker said. “We decided to unite everyone into one.”

As ForumDaily Ne wrote earlierwYork:

• Earlier Russian-speaking bikers took "Little Odessa" under personal protection.
• Also Russian-speaking New Yorkers at night patrol brooklyn.
• In two weeks of protests in New York 400 policemen were injured. Recall that the protests were caused by the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.