Bratton’s comments come at a point of heightened tension between the mayor and the police force. Officers and union leaders feel that de Blasio hasn’t fully supported them from when he campaigned for mayor on an anti-stop-and-frisk platform to the recent grand jury decision to not indict the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold.
When asked on NBC News by Matt Lauer is the mayor “lost the trust and confidence of the police force,” Bratton said, “I think he’s lost it with some officers.”
Both references at scene Saturday night at Woodhull Hospital, where the shot officers were treated. When de Blasio and Bratton arrived, the assembled officers turned thier back on them.
Asked if he agreed with that display, Bratton said Monday, “I don’t support that particular activity. I don’t think it was appropriate, particularly in that setting.”
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