karishma: president of new york's sergeants benevolent association, ed mullins, has been a vocal critic. more than two and a half thousand have tested positive for covid-19. mullins and the union he heads have taken matters into their own hands, raising funds for a massive handout of ppe, hand sanitizer, and bleach to nypd precincts. ed: so, we've seen this city go from the early '80s, where, you know, 3,000 murders, crime all over the place. then the world trade center, which, you know, is a block from here, attacked twice. i actually worked both attacks, and, you know, you think you've seen it all, and then this is what we're dealing with now. and our members are sick, hospitalized, you know? we lost a detective a couple days ago, so we're trying to do what we can to keep people safe. ed: make sure you keep the mask on, though, and the gloves and all that stuff. don't think it can't happen to you. you know, the guys don't think we're gonna get it, so you get it, you know? nobody thinks it's gonna be you, you know? how's it going? male: district 3 transit. ed: district 3 transit. male:

major organizations representing officers, from the sergeants benevolent association to the nationalion to the fraternal order of police, have voiced strong, strong opposition, and called on president biden to, quote, fake a stand against this -- take a stand against this dangerous and absurdly, absurdly divisive rhetoric. well, need levels to say, the president and his administration need to do a lot more than that to prove to the men and women of law enforcement that they have their backs. now, on another matter, last week, president biden offered a particularly candid look at his view of education in america. speaking at an awards ceremony for public schoolteachers, he remarked that, quote, they're not somebody else's children, they're like yours when they're in the classroom. unfortunately, this wasn't a mistake. it was actually a rather accurate summary of the increasingly radical way he and his party think of children in america. when it comes to the respective roles of parents and teachers, democrats have used the past two years of the pandemic disruptions to show their true c