A Widening Rift Between de Blasio and the Police Is Savagely Ripped Open

[Purveyor]

Mayor Bill de Blasio sat in the front pew at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, head bowed at times, with his wife on his left and the police commissioner on his right.

The crowd had come, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said, to mourn the two officers killed in an ambush in Brooklyn on Saturday. It had come to pray for their families and their “brothers and sisters in uniform.”

He went on.

“We pray for our leaders as well,” the cardinal said, looking toward the mayor’s row. “You’ve done what so many New Yorkers do in times of trial. You’ve come to St. Patrick’s.”

At the helm of a grieving New York, still raw from weeks of protests amid a national reckoning over law enforcement and race, Mr. de Blasio faces his biggest test yet.

The mayor, who does not attend church regularly, did not speak publicly on Sunday. His administration said he hoped to convey, in subdued terms, the need for unity in the city.

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[PDJane]

1. DeBlasio is not responsible for those officer's deaths.

It is definitely time for an overhaul of the PD, and their own heavy-handed escalation of the situation is the fault of their own. I suspect that a small camera or cell phone camera should be standard for any interaction with the police.

[daleanime]

2. I hope the city is with the Mayor...

and that the Police calm the fu@h down! This crap is insane.

[Wella]

3. Time Magazine may not be

Howard Safir: Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I’ve Seen in 45 Years
[url]http://time.com/3643286/howard-safir-nypd-shooting/[/url]

Howard Safir is the former commissioner of the New York City Police Department (1996-2000) and Chairman and CEO of Vigilant Resources International (VRI).


We have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land.

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died resisting arrest. Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu died doing their job. It is a very important distinction. Michael Brown and Eric Garner were committing crimes. Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were protecting all the citizens of New York City...


...When Ismaaiyl Abdulah Brinsley brutally executed Officers Ramos and Liu he did so in an atmosphere of permissiveness and anti-police rhetoric unlike any that I have seen in 45 years in law enforcement. The rhetoric this time is not from the usual suspects, but from the Mayor of New York City, the Attorney General of the United States, and even the President. It emboldens criminals and sends a message that every encounter a black person has with a police officer is one to be feared. Nothing could be further from the truth. We will never know what was in the mind of Brinsley when he shot officers Ramos and Liu. However we do know that he has seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest officials in the land.

....The President should declare a national day of Support for Police. He should send a clear message to all criminals that he appreciates the willingness of officers like Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu to sacrifice their lives, and that their lives have meaning. Perhaps their families should be present at the next State of the Union.

[geek tragedy]

4. Safir is a Ghouliani henchman. Fuck him. nt

[Wella]

5. I was surprised that Time actually printed it

I thought they were on the side of the protestors.

[Cha]

7. And, ghouli, too.. and throw in former NY gov, george pataki

[justiceischeap]

6. Since when is "resisting arrest" a death penalty crime? nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. Every time. Without exception. If the authority of the state is resisted the state will escalate.

It is the entire nature of all governments everywhere throughout all time.