A recent Quinnipiac Poll found that registered voters had a low approval rating for Lynch and his tactic of having cops turn their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio during the recent funerals of slain officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos and before that, at the hospital where the officers were taken. (newsday.com)
Members of the NYPD turn their backs as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the funeral of slain Officer Wenjian Liu. (courant.com)
In his second eulogy in just over a week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton defended the police department against the criticism of protesters today at the funeral for slain Officer Wenjian Liu — noting the department's increased diversity and defending the vast majority of police officers as «the good ones.» (observer.com)