Why was actress Jacqueline Guzman fired?
AFTER complaining about street closures during the funeral of murdered police officer, Jason Rivera, a New York actress was fired from her theater company. Jacqueline Guzman’s video rant filmed on Friday has since been deleted. Why was actress Jacqueline Guzman fired? Actress, Jacqueline Guzman, suspected to be in her 20’s, was fired from her theater […]
AFTER complaining about street closures during the funeral of murdered police officer, Jason Rivera, a New York actress was fired from her theater company.
Jacqueline Guzman’s video rant filmed on Friday has since been deleted.
Why was actress Jacqueline Guzman fired?
Actress, Jacqueline Guzman, suspected to be in her 20’s, was fired from her theater company following her viral video rant on January 28, 2022.
In the now-deleted video, Guzman said “We do not need to shut down most of Lower Manhattan because one cop died for probably doing his job incorrectly.”
“They kill people who are under 22 every single day for no good reason and we don’t shut down the city for them,” she added in the TikTok clip.
The video Guzman was walking down an empty street that had been barricaded for the funeral.
“Like this is fu***** ridiculous. This is fu***** ridiculous. What if somebody is having a heart attack in this area.”
“Nobody can get to them because it’s all blocked off for one fu***** cop,” she continued.
According to Guzman’s bio on the theater company’s website, she is a Cuban-American actress originally from Miami, Florida.
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What are people saying about Guzman’s video rant?
A Brooklyn police officer told the New York Post the actress’ statements were “totally disrespectful, not only to the NYPD but to all New York residents and to all humans. If this is the only way she can get publicity, I feel very sorry for her.”
Face to Face Films, Guzman’s former theater company, released a statement after the video went viral on Facebook.
“Face to Face Films does not support nor can condone these comments made about fallen Officer Rivera. As a result, she is no longer a member of our company.”
Why were the New York City streets closed on Friday, January 28?
Hundreds of mourners, including uniformed officers, lined the streets of New York City to pay their respects at the funerals of two young officers fatally shot last Friday, January 21, 2022, in Harlem.
Officers Jason Rivera, aged 22, and Wilbert Mora, aged 27, had been attending an incident involving a mother and son when they were gunned down suffered fatal wounds after the domestic violence incident.
Rivera was a rookie officer who had been on the job for barely a year, while Mora had been an officer for nearly four years.
Rivera’s casket was carried into St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday ahead of Friday’s funeral.