NYC Police Say De Blasio’s Words, Not Policies, Betray Them
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Police agree with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s law-enforcement policies even as they resent what they say is his negative view of the 35,000-officer department, said a spokesman for the biggest of five unions meeting with him today.
De Blasio wrongly viewed the July 17 death of Eric Garner and a grand jury’s subsequent exoneration of the officer who used a chokehold on him as examples of systemic racism, said Al O’Leary, spokesman for Patrick Lynch, president of the 25,000-member Patrolman’s Benevolent Association.