A dispute between Harry Siegel and NYPD officials has arisen over inaccuracies in an article. Siegel's piece contained errors regarding NYPD statistics, leading to a back-and-forth exchange on Twitter. The NYPD officials criticized Siegel for his inaccuracies and expressed their commitment to enforcing the law despite the errors in the article.
Incredible cop talk, to say an editor's note correcting a simple, single error of fact—which is on me—means "admitting the article was flawed." A chief &2 commissioners tweeting all day about this w/out ever addressing the substance of the column, and now saying "time to move on" https://t.co/2MCjkOFtFl
Glad to see that the @NYDailyNews updated the article (although it took over 15 hours to do so) by issuing an editor’s note admitting Harry Siegel’s @harrysiegel article was flawed and contained inaccurate information. Now let’s put this behind us and move forward. Our focus,… https://t.co/SsPqwjGTYT https://t.co/E4yLhhX0Pt
Oh, Harry! You had to make a retraction on something as simple as homicides stats? We all make mistakes, been there myself. Your timing on this article, plus who you mainly write for, @THECITYNY, clearly demonstrates the overall disdain for the NYPD. The very cops that protect… https://t.co/C1JlqRNRZ1
Thanks for reading. I see that you and @NYPDTransit — who tweeted a highly inaccurate "list of inaccuracies" — shift from talking about "your police" to "we are the police and you are just a gadfly" real quick. https://t.co/3PA1jangiX
Thanks for reading. I see that you and @NYPDDaughtry — who tweeted "a list of inccuracies" that is itself inaccurate — go from talking about "your police" to declaring "we are the police and you are just a gadfly" real quick. https://t.co/3PA1jangiX
Hey @harrysiegel everyone has an opinion. It’s a shame the Daily News chose to share yours — wild inaccuracies and all. It’s true we don’t track “defecation,” but we do track murder — and you managed to get that wrong. Rest assured, we will continue to enforce the law and make… https://t.co/ERBYzS0AoC