Police commissioner: NYC mayor is 'very pro-cop'

[hrmjustin]

Associated Press
NEW YORK — The city's top law enforcement official went on a media blitz Friday to deny that the chokehold death of a black suspect shows that police are singling out minorities in a crackdown on minor offenses and to insist that Mayor Bill de Blasio is "very pro-cop."

In an interview with The Associated Press, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he wanted to counter "some of the misimpressions and some of the momentum that's been gained by self-serving interests" since the videotaped death last month of Eric Garner. Bratton also spoke to CNN, CBS and local television affiliates for most of the day on Friday.

The mayor, speaking about the case for the first time since Tuesday, said tensions that arose after Garner's July 17 death must be part of the city's past as it moves toward unity.

"This has to be a turning point moment," de Blasio said. "We can't let any moment that leaves us so sad and pained be an end point. It has to be an opening of a door to something better."

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[hrmjustin]

1. Report: Bratton says no NYPD work slowdown over chokehold ruling

http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/08/report_bratton_says_no_nypd_wo.html#incart_river