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NYC cop-killer’s bizarre murder acquittal: Letters to the Editor — April 8, 2026

The Issue: A jury acquitting Guy Rivera of first-degree murder for killing NYPD cop Jonathan Diller.

Are New York City juries that stupidly liberal to think it’s not first-degree murder to have a loaded gun, slay one officer and attempt to murder another?

Unfortunately, the answer is yes (“Uniform pain of slain cops’ kin,” April 4).

The only way to overcome this stupidity is for the Legislature to pass laws that provide a life sentence without parole when a cop is murdered on duty.

But that won’t happen; lefty legislators in Albany only care about what taxes they can levy on us.

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NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller did not deserve to die.

He deserves his honors.

But we all deserve the truth; determining that is what the jury is responsible for, even if that verdict is unpopular.

The jurors did their job; their honest service is what we hope for in every trial, even if we don’t like the outcome.

The Diller verdict — right or wrong — clarifies the flaws in the different degrees of homicide in........

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