At last, the murderer of hero police detective Jonathan E. Diller, will spend time behind bars. But although the Queens jury convicted his killer of manslaughter, a lesser charge, it acquitted him of his true crime: first-degree murder. On a cheery March afternoon, almost exactly two years ago, Detective Diller approached an illegally-parked car for a traffic stop. In the car was repeat-convict Guy Rivera, who opened fire on Diller at point-blank range, inflicting mortal injuries. The entire incident was captured on body-cam.
Make no mistake about it; Guy Rivera and his partner in crime, Lindy Jones, are the vile results of left-wing policies and culture. Instead of leading a life of education, hard work, thrift, productivity, and a commitment to excellence, they had been arrested a combined total of 35 times in the past, and Lindy Jones was even out on bail. In lieu of abiding by the law and following the instructions of police officers to exit their vehicle peacefully, both men accepted the bizarre left-wing notion that St. George Floyd, Eric Brown, and countless others espoused that one has the right to resist violently the lawful commands of law enforcement.
Although the entire incident was captured on camera, and there can be no mistaking Rivera’s crimes, the New York jury refused to convict the killer. The jury in effect stated that it believed that Rivera did not intend to murder Detective Diller, but rather only to cause serious physical harm, displaying more compassion for a stone-cold killer than an upstanding officer, a husband, and a father. Detective Diller truly represented New York’s finest. After being shot, he fought to protect his fellow officers and New Yorkers until the very end, as he successfully wrestled Rivera’s gun away from his vicious, murderous hands before collapsing on the ground.
“This is bittersweet.” Troy M. Olson, Sergeant-at-Arms of the New York Young Republican Club, said. “Detective Diller’s life is worth so much more than one more day of freedom for either Rivera or Jones.”
The New York Young Republican Club mourns the loss of Detective Diller, a hero of New York. Our City deserves better, and life will improve only when the brave men and women in law enforcement are given the respect they deserve. While we are grateful the killer will do time for his crime, justice was not served today. May God rest his soul and deliver the justice his murderer deserves, in this life and in the next.