The head of a city police union thinks Beyoncé should turn her attention to black-on-black crime.
“She should direct her message where it’s needed most, and that’s in the ’hood, because that’s where it all takes place,” Michael Palladino (photo r.), president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, said Sunday on John Catsimatidis’ radio show, “The Cats Roundtable.”
Palladino slammed the superstar’s Super Bowl halftime show’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement, calling the message “misdirected.”
“So if the Black Lives Matter movement really wants to make a difference, they should pour the medicine directly on the wound,” he said. “Get into the ghetto, the ’hood. Get to the bottom of why people of color prey on other people of color in their own neighborhoods.”
Palladino said he wasn’t a fan of the performance, which also featured dancers in Black Panthers outfits.
A spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform said Palladino should focus on police accountability.
“The reality is that when civilians kill or brutalize other civilians, they face legal accountability,” Monifa Bandele said. “But police officers typically do not and often don’t even face meaningful discipline by their departments.”