Ex-NYPD cop slams ‘black brunch’ with gun-toting selfie: ‘I'm really enjoying these Eggs Benedict so move along now’
John Cardillo posted a selfie with his gun pointed at the camera captioned, ‘I'm really enjoying these Eggs Benedict so move along now. #BlackBrunchNYC’ Sunday. Protesters used the same hashtag hours earlier when they walked into New York and California restaurants serving brunch and read the names of black men and women killed by police.
BY MEG WAGNER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 9:29 AM
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After activists stormed brunch spots Sunday to protest police killings, an ex-NYPD officer fired back with a heated tweet.
John Cardillo posted a selfie with his gun pointed at the camera Sunday evening captioned, “I'm really enjoying these Eggs Benedict so move along now. #BlackBrunchNYC.”
Protesters used the same hashtag hours earlier when they walked into New York and California restaurants serving brunch and read the names of black people who died at the hands of police, including Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
About 25 people attended the Manhattan protest, which included stops at Maialino, Lallisse, the Barking Dog and Pershing Square. More showed up in Oakland.
JOHNCARDILLO VIA TWITTERFormer NYPD Officer John Cardillo posted this photo hashtagged #BlackBrunchNYC Sunday.
“Brunch is symbolic for people of leisure and White Privilege,”the group explained on Twitter.“We're not violent, but militant: we're going to hold these spaces.”
Cardillo posted his jarring photo — which he called an “experiment” — to point out the “hypocrisy” of the protesters.
“I found this group to be incredibly cowardly, this was a feel-good measure and they picked the softest target imaginable,” Cardillo told BBC.“These people who are screaming about my photograph, I didn't see any of them shouting about the murder of two cops.”
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Some people likened the brunch protests sit-ins at white-only lunch counters during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1905s and 60s.
Cardillo blasted that comparisonon CNN Monday.
“I think it’s ludicrous because these protesters are able to patronize these restaurants. Quite frankly, I think it’s demeaning to what I consider heroes of the Civil Rights Movement,” he said.
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The group said 'brunch is symbolic for people of leisure and White Privilege.'
During the 9-minute segment, Cardillo also got into a screaming match with New York Times columnist Charles Blow, who told Cardillo he should “know better” than to post such an intimidating photo on Twitter.
Cardillo served in the NYPD before becoming a contributor to the Blaze and NRA News.
