NY COPS IGNORE BRATTON’S PLEA TO RESPECT DE BLASIO

Just as they did during the funeral for Rafael Ramos, thousands of cops turned their backs to Mayor de Blasio during Wenjian Liu’s funeral, despite an impassionate plea from Police Commissioner Bratton to respect the mayor

On December 27 and estimated 25,000 cops, many from out of state, attended the funeral of assassinated NY police officer Rafael Ramos. Thousands of cops lined the street outside the church where the funeral was being held and watched the proceedings on a giant TV screen. When Mayor de Blasio appeared, almost all of them turned their backs to protest anti-police remarks made by the mayor in the wake of Eric Garner’s death.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was infuriated at that display of disrespect for the mayor and made an impassionate plea to all NY cops not to give a repeat performance at the upcoming funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu.

Inside the funeral home where the services for Liu were being conducted Sunday morning, the NYPD brass treated Mayor de Blasio with the utmost respect. But that was not the case with rank-and-file cops. Again, thousands of cops lined the street who could not get inside the funeral home. As with the Ramos funeral, they watched the proceeding on a giant TV screen. And when de Blassio appeared on the screen, thousands of cops - including those from out of the state - defied Bratton’s plea by turning their backs to the mayor.

I’m with the rank-and-file cops. When de Blasio tells everyone that he warned his black teenage son to fear white cops, he more than earned that disrespect. The cops who turned their backs were just being honest about their feelings, which is more than I can say for the ass-kissing brass.