article_snippet: I don't think they should have sent somebody there to accept an award for a cemetery,' Riches told CBS2's Alice Gainer. '
article_snippet: It's supposed to be a place that's dignified and respectful where our loved ones are to be buried.
article_snippet: It's not the Metropolitan Museum.'
article_snippet: It's time for professionals like the National Park Service to bring dignity and respect to the Metropolitan Museum and get rid of the high-salaried stuffed suits who are disrespecting the dead heroes and victims at Ground Zero,' said retired NYPD Sgt.
article_snippet: this award just shows the Metropolitan Museum heads have a moral compass that points to money rather than ethics.'
article_snippet: the Metropolitan Museum emphasized that the Metropolitan Museum accepted no money for this award, but this is just the latest controversy the embattled exhibition has encountered.
article_snippet: Indeed, when asked, visitors to the site on Monday said visitors to the site on Monday did not think the Metropolitan Museum should have accepted this award. '