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| | Many TV Stations Reject Police Union Ad |
 | | In the ad by the police union, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the union's president, Patrick J. Lynch, declares: "Most people wouldn't take this job for a million bucks. |
 | | Earlier versions of the advertisement also included videotape of the Rev. Al Sharpton, a frequent critic of the police, at a protest after the acquittal of four officers in the shooting of Amadou Diallo, and some stations had cited the juxtaposition of Mr. |
 | | But noting a large surplus in the city budget, he added, "That money is in the city's coffers because of work New York City police officers did making this a safer city." All the officers are asking is their fair share, he said. |
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