There’s nothing quite like the fury of a cornered political hack. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a remarkable press conference on Monday afternoon where he blamed the media for creating the air of paranoia and racial tension currently hanging heavy over the Big Apple.
CNN Correspondent Sara Ganim reported that a small group of protesters were yelling at police officers who had gathered to pay their respects at a memorial to slain NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos on Monday.
“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!” stated Chuck Canterbury, president of the Fraternal Order of Police—the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers—in a statement released Sunday addressing Saturday’s execution-style murders of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. Calling Ramos’ and
Fmr. NYPD Officer and Republican Congressional candidate Dan Bongino argued that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) should “resign in disgrace” on Monday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “He [de Blasio] almost made
Monday on Newmax TV’s “MidPoint,” while commenting on the murder of two NYPD officers, Rev. Jesse Jackson said, “I thought it was awful when the mayor went to the hospital the police turned their backs on him.” Follow Pam Key
President Barack Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio should start defending the police, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) stressed Monday. “This is an absolute tragedy and I think it’s important that the mayor and all the officials in New York City
Former New York Governor George Pataki is placing blame for the deaths of two New York City Police Officers squarely at the feet of outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. In a tweets
Former NYPD detective Bo Dietl praised the police officers who turned their backs on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio after two NYPD officers were executed on Saturday, saying de Blasio’s anti-cop activism backfired on him in a big way.
New York state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R,C,I-Brooklyn/Staten Island) criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for never condemning the vile anti-cop protests that erupted after grand juries in Ferguson and New York did not indict the officers involved in the
As President Obama continues to vacation with his family in Hawaii, he is also involved in responding to the murders of two New York City police officers. After Obama spent most of the day golfing and on the beach with
The man who killed two NYPD officers in cold blood showed on multiple occasions that he was a devotee to Islam, reciting on social media Quranic verse popularized by Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Evidence has also surfaced
In a special Sunday night edition of her reoccurring Saturday show “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” Jeanine Pirro unleashed a scathing attack on President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Al Sharpton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. But
Retired NYPD members are discussing ways to keep New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio away from the funerals of recently-murdered NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. One tactic, suggested in a popular law enforcement web forum, instructed officers to
New York police held a press conference Sunday afternoon shedding further light on the murders of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos on Saturday, revealing a troubled young man had driven from Maryland that morning and boasted to two men that
It is difficult to imagine that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio can continue governing after he has lost the confidence of the police department in such dramatic fashion. On Saturday, police officers staged a silent protest by turning
Six years ago, Americans elected Barack Obama the first black President of the United States. It was a sign–not that racism had disappeared from our country, but that race was no longer an impediment to the highest possible achievement. Obama had
On Saturday’s broadcast of “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik condemned New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and so-called civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton for actions Kerik argued led to the shooting
(AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio said this is ‘not the time for politics’ following the murder of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday. This as New York City’s police commissioner said the gunman who ambushed and killed two
In a video captured by an apparent onlooker at a press conference held earlier on Saturday involving the two New York City police officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn, officers in attendance turned their backs on New York City Mayor Bill
President Barack Obama was briefed on the ambush killing of two NYPD cops while on the golf course in Hawaii this afternoon, according to the White House press pool report. “The President has been briefed on the Brooklyn police shooting. White
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that the murderer of two New York City police officers seemed to have “a very strong bias against police officers,” but declined to ascribe a motivation to the killings on Saturday. “There were postings, apparently
On the Fox News Channel, Fmr. NYPD Detective Patrick Brosnan argued that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) “set the tone” in reaction to the murder of two New York City police officers on Saturday. While he cautioned
New York state assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R,C,I-Brooklyn/Staten Island) condemned the execution-style shooting of two NYPD officers Saturday afternoon in an official statement: “I am horrified that two of our police officers were fatally shot today in Brooklyn. My heart breaks for their
Editor’s Note: This article appeared in today’s online version of The New York Post. A second suspect in last week’s cop assault on the Brooklyn Bridge has been arrested and hit with three charges, police said Friday. Maria Garcia, 36 –
“It’s difficult to find the words,” New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said Saturday night. Without provocation, an attacker ambushed officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos while they sat in their marked patrol car in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Area of Brooklyn
Local media have been fairly diligent in recording the violence that has accompanied protests over the non-indictment of police in the deaths of unarmed black suspects. However, national media have tended to focus on the overall message of the protests,
On Saturday evening, police in New York reported that an Eric Garner protester was observed throwing a trash can onto the street near the Brooklyn Bridge. When they tried to make an arrest, the can-thrower attacked them. A day later,
The New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) wants the city’s cops to sign a petition requesting that Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito not be allowed to attend the funeral of an officer killed in the line
New York police report that two officers were assaulted by marchers that took to the streets to protest police violence on Saturday. Police also reported finding a bag of newly-purchased hammers that were apparently intended for use as weapons. Screaming
Joining the families of blacks killed by police, thousands marched toward the capitol and down New York streets on Saturday to protest what they called an epidemic of abuse at the hands of police. But even though it was his
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance Kobe Bryant encouraged his teammates through example to wear “I
The US Ambassador to Britain has described the violence between black communities and the police in places like New York and Ferguson as ‘an American problem’ the country ‘needs to face’. His Excellency Matthew Barzun was commenting on violence that
PBS host Tavis Smiley criticized President Obama, declaring “black folk don’t need lectures” and for lecturing black people while joking with Steven Colbert in a larger discussion on race in America on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “With
Gangs appear to have grown more politically emboldened this past year, as protests have sprouted in response to police shootings of young black males. Gangs organizing with local politicians are not new, as some will point to New York’s Tammany
The family of New Yorker Akai Gurley has a warning for MSNBC host Al Sharpton: stay away. The 28-year-old African-American was shot on Nov. 20 by New York City Police Officer Peter Liang in the stairwell of a public housing
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh blasted the death of Eric Garner as “out of proportion,” ripped New York City officials for killing someone “over a tax collection issue,” and wondered “what kind of orders” would send police after a “poor
NEW YORK, New York–Protesters angry about the no indictment verdict of an NYPD officer who held a black man in a choke hold before he died marched around New York City Wednesday night, shutting down bridges, the Lincoln Tunnel, the
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took on the reaction of his successor, current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, for his reaction to Wednesday’s announcement of a
CNN National Correspondent Deborah Feyerick reported that the NYPD and has had an “almost a collaborative, if that’s the word for it, experience” with protesters who took the streets of New York after a grand jury’s decision not to issue
Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” in reacting to the breaking news that a grand jury did not indict the NYPD Officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, Your Black World’s Boyce Watkins said if America “continue to turn a
