It must be the jeans. Or is it?

I think I mentioned in an earlier post what some of the hatred for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife was all about. Hint: It isn't  the fact that she matriculated at Wellesley College.

Anyway, there is  a controversy in New York about what the Mayor's wife wore to the funeral of one of the officers who was shot and killed in the line of duty a little over a couple of weeks ago.

"Today, Chirlane McCray and City Hall were forced into the unusual situation of having to defend a pantsuit.

During the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu, who was shot along with another cop by a mentally ill gunman, observers noticed that McCray, the wife of embattled New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, was wearing pants that looked like artfully faded denim jeans. And given that the NYPD blamed de Blasio’s statements about cops unfairly targeting black men for causing the Liu’s death, this did not go over well. So they turned into the fashion police.

“We found it disrespectful,” a Queens cop told the New York Daily News, saying that the image was making the rounds among the NYPD.

It also made the rounds of the internet, prompting responses like this:

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And, from that one image alone, they really do look like jeans. "

 

Yes, but there is one problem. 

 

"... the Daily News reached out to Anni Kuan, one of McCray’s favorite designers, who explained that it was really just a polyester-rayon blend that happened to look like jeans. “”It’s a very respectful suit you would wear to an important gathering,” Kuan said. “It’s not made of jean at all.”It looks like this, via AnniKuan.com:


Because we all know from Michelle Obama experience that people obsess over how much liberals spend on clothing, here’s how much it cost:

The outfit — which City Hall confirmed is the one McCray wore to the funeral — is part of her Fall/Winter 2014 collection. The single-button, gabardine blazer is on Kuan’s website for $316, marked down from $395. And the trendy “zip front ankle pants” — which resemble scrunched up jeans in the photos of McCray at the funeral — are also on sale, down from $205 to $164.

So yes, McCray wasn’t wearing jeans, and City Hall would like the NYPD to stop kvetching about it, please. “The dark pantsuit the First Lady wore to Detective Liu’s funeral was somber and appropriate,” a de Blasio spokeswoman said. “We should be talking about Detective Liu and his family, not fabric and fashion.” [Source]

I am glad we got that out of the way. Although I am sure that the FOX VIEWS producers are not pleased that this was a faux controversy.

Better luck next time I guess.

Maybe they can do something with this di Blasio has a weed problem meme that has been floating around of late.

"So Gawker is honing in on the source of those rumors that claim New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio still smokes marijuana on a regular basis. As he told The Daily Caller yesterday, he has not smoked marijuana since his time at college at NYU. And according to Gawker, it’s the police officers who protect the mayor’s home that are spreading those rumors.

Writer J.K. Trotter said the fact that it’s the police officers spreading the rumor “does not necessarily make them untrue, or unworthy of more reporting,” but said it is “obvious” that the NYPD just wants to “undermine and embarrass” de Blasio to distract from the department’s 'well-documented brutality.”'

Hey, if the mayor is smoking the good collie he might want to make sure that the po po is not around when he takes a toke. Those boys are out to get him.

Finally, speaking of the police, it is important to note that there are some good police officers out there who wear their uniforms with pride ad honor and who are a credit to their families and the communities in which they live. Fortunately, these police officers are in the majority. At least they are for now.

Unfortunately, though, if what happened to police officer  Cariol Holloman is indicative of what is happening in police departments all over the country; good police officers will not be in the majority for long.