By DAVID GREENE 

This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent protests for NYPD reforms and what they think demonstrators are trying to achieve.

I think it’s horrible. These [police officers] are innocent people. If you want to do it, do non-violent protests. I’m from India and the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, got independence from non-violent protests. Like Martin Luther King, he followed the steps of Gandhi. The Justice Department is investigating and they will analyze what happened to Eric Garner and Michael Brown and will take whatever steps need to be taken.–Mohammad Ziauddin

 

 

I support the protests as long as they’re peaceful and as long as it’s to further their goal, not to take the law into their own hands, but to express their feelings as long as they do it in a peaceful manner. The way things are going now, I believe this campaign has been hijacked by a couple of guys who don’t want them [the protesters] to get to where they really want to go.–Kahalid Khan

 

 

 

I believe that you have a right to do what you need to do when you see injustice, but that doesn’t reflect the vastness of good men and women in law enforcement who get up every day and wear the uniform and shield and protect and serve our community.–Kenny Agosto

 

 

 

I hope the protesters can achieve what they want, what we all want–an end to violence against black men and all police brutality in general. They need to stop arguing with the cops and try and get the message across without the arguing. And stop calling these cops names. Understand this, every cop is not guilty for what happened to Eric Garner and Mike Brown.
–Jonathan Cain

 

 

I’m hoping the protesters will bring awareness of what’s happening across the nation and that will bring people, especially our elected officials, to start a conversation on how to fix this broken system because it’s not working the way it is. The mayor has only sat down with one organization so far, and he needs to sit down with everyone.–Quase Beasley