article_snippet: I know a lot of people were nervous about hiring someone who had a tainted past,' DeMeo told the Post. '
article_snippet: DeMeo said that DeMeo called a friend in the NYPD to ask DeMeo whether DeMeo would be offended if DeMeo hired the ex-con, but a friend said it was no problem.
article_snippet: But the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association in New York, J. Lynch, told TMZ that DeMeo would not be so forgiving. '
article_snippet: We ask all right-thinking people not to support this thug’s acting career by avoiding this movie and any project in which DeMeo is involved,' DeMeo said.
highlights_snippet: NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association called for a boycott of the movie .