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then literally ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II. She remained popular in Europe but was all but blackballed in America — even as time proved. Reubens persisted even as he was hounded for his peccadillos, while O’Connor’s mental-health struggles only intensified. Reubens died Monday at 70, after a six-year battle with cancer.
The Irish-born top cop was great at PR and shmoozing, OK at fighting crime, and awful on civil liberties and dealing with protests. In the year after the Arab Spring, I was appalled when Timoney wasof Bahrain seeking to preserve their dictatorship. Especially after human-rights groups slammed the regime for its use of tear gas. I wrote: “No one is making the case that Timoney is promoting these activities, but he was brought in to clean things up. Clearly, he’s not — and he ought to resign.
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