Bernard Kerik, a disgraced former police commissioner in New York, considered his leadership as his leadership during the September 11 incident, according to the AP report in 69 because of illness.
The reports were confirmed by the NY (NYPD) police department through the Social Media on May 29 and the FBI director Kash shared that Kerik’s death came “after a private battle with the disease”.
Kerik fallen out of grace after granting guilty for tax fraud and serving time in prison for that. Later, Donald Trump was pardoned and released from prison, he added.
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Who was Bernard Kerik? All about the fallen police hero
Kerik grew up in Paterson, New Jersey. He dropped out of the local Eastside secondary school, known for his problems and was depicted in the 1989 film “Lean On Me” and, according to the report, joined the army. His military career was opened by a police officer located in South Korea.
After the army he worked in private security in Saudi Arabia before returning to the US as a supervisor in New Jersey. At the end of the 80s, he joined NYPD and was used in the 90s to operate the New York Prison System, including the city’s notorious island complex Riker, reported. Kerik rose through NYPD shifting at the position of Commissioner.
In 2000 he was appointed police commissioner of the then mayor of Giuliani and was in role during attacks on the twins of September 11, 2001.
In Kerik’s book from 2015, “from prison to imprisonment” described that he had become the “American best cop” after the attacks. He said, “But for that day I would give anything that would not happen. I wish it wasn’t that. But yes.
In 2003, President George W Bush appointed Kerik to help organize the Iraqi police forces. In 2004, Kerik was nominated for the leadership of the US Ministry of Internal Security, but suddenly withdrew his nomination and said he uncovered the information that led him to question the immigration status of the person he employed as a housekeeper and nanny.
In 2005, Kerik founded a consulting firm for management and risks, called Kerik Group.
In 2010 he was arrested for federal tax fraud and false statements. The accused said he received $ 2,50,000 in the reconstruction of apartments from the construction company to convince the city officials that the company had no connection of organized crime.
During Kerik’s conviction, the judge noted that he had committed some crimes and acted as “the main coercive official for the largest and largest city that had this nation”. He served for three years in prison and was released in 2013.
Later in 2020, US President Donald Trump released Kerik.
Later he worked for the former mayor of New York, who surrounded the effort to overturn Trump’s loss by 2020.
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Pouring condolence: “Like my brother,” says former mayor of NYC Rudy Giuliani
When he talked about his friend on May 29, the former mayor of Nyc Ruda Giuliani praised Kerik and said, “We were together from the beginning. He’s like my brother. I was a better man because I knew Bernie. I was definitely a braver and stronger man.”
In his contribution on social media, the pad patel described Keric as “warrior, patriot and one of the most daring public employees that this country has ever known.”
“He was decorated more than 100 times for bravery, courage and service, saved the victims from burning buildings, survived the assassination attempts, and brought some of the most dangerous criminals in the world,” Patel said, “Patel said.
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