Two NYPD Officers Murdered in Brooklyn/ UPDATED: De Blasio, mayor, Spurned After

UPDATE: It appears to be shaping up that Bill de Blasio, current mayor of New York City, is disliked intensely by many in NYPD, in their opinion

after De Blasio did not stand up for law and order

nor unequivocally for police officers assaulted during protests [despite clear videos of same],

for backslapping, ignoring questions he’s ‘uncomfortable’ answering that are seemingly germaine to the lead up to the assassinations of police officers,

for acting without gravitas around serious issues, appearing in the opinions of many in NY, not to grasp how to run a large city by making alliances with all,

for what has been reported by city newspaper, that is, for including his kids and wife in city business meetings,

and also reported, his two kids mysteriously pulling down two highly sought after and scarce internships at city hall,

and more. Much more that seemingly gives the appearance of conflicts that ought not be in an ethnical and well run government.

There is also not so distant thunder about a particular councilwoman who is said to have demanded to address one of the PD precincts in order to act as a scold to the officers last week for being ‘insensitive,’ demanding they who are trained in law enforcement– and she isnt– to act according to her demands. This story may continue to grow.

There are calls for De Blasio to resign, which some say he sniggered and scoffed at, and apparently doesnt take seriously. Police officers turned their backs to De Blasio as he came through a hallway with a huge entourage of a long line of ‘his people’ on his way to the Chief of NYPD’s press conference. The officers’ message to De Blasio is ‘you are a disgrace.’

Once at the Chief’s press conference, in contrast to the quiet sincerity of the Chief, De Blasio spoke hackneyed words, reading off a paper by rote, giving the impression he was seemingly ill prepared, insincere, and didnt know what to say to lead, having lost his usual ‘take nothing too seriously’ gab. Some say he is not in any way mayor-ly and did not reassure the citizenry, and has no leadership plan to protect officers or the citizens from further violence, that instead he used the tired trope that ‘this is all about the ‘families who lost the two officers,’ and as the leader of Gotham, one of the most ddeply diverse and populated and financially and culturally important cities in the world, said he didnt want to say anymore.

Indeed it is about the families, of course it is, and the Chief of NY Police said so with sincerity and gravitas compared to De Blasio. But also in a city of millions, it seems to escape De Blasio that it is also about the huge number of New Yorkers who have suffered the horrors of the rampant violence of the bombings of the Trade Towers, the loss of near 3000 innocent souls, and the equally horrific loss of over 350 NYPD and NYFD who had rushed to rescue others…

and as a result of a longer memory that De Blasio apparently has, the last thing New Yorkers need is a mayor who cannot speak to all the people with a real solid plan and reassurances and accountability –in a timely manner–about protecting them from further violence. Given De Blasio has purposely chosen not to support NYPD, he may have little to reassure anyone about, given the first wall of defense against harms, are the 35,000 NYPD.

Last week, with a strong sense of lack of safety because of De Blasio’s lack of support for NYPD, a petition began to circulate in the NYPD of those 35,000 officers, averring that the signatories did not want De Blasio to attend any police officer’s funeral. The implication was that since De Blasio seems more intent on vacationing and having a good old time schmoozing with detractors instead of leading his police commissioner and himself to cogently address the NYPD officers in alliances and issues, that De Blasio put officers in danger, and he cannot be accorded the honor of standing with and for any fallen officer… as the NYPD felt it would be De Blasio grandstanding once again, because it served him cheaply to be politic.

Some feel De Blasio mistook his own sense of ‘charm’ for actual expertise in running a city and that he actually has no idea how to deal with firemen, police, contractors, unions and more, that are all a part of the huge densely populated land of New York City and surrounds.

The coming week is Christmas with Hanukkah just ending. It may be one of the toughest holiday seasons ever in NYC only topped forever by the first and second and third and fourth and onward Christmastimes after 9-11. We shall see.

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Earlier over the newswires within minutes of the officers being murdered…

Alleged gunman, Ismayyil Brinsley, made his murderous intentions known to kill two cops [on Instagram] a few hours before carrying through. There will be more forthcoming as the fog clears. One officer was on force for a short time, the other for several years. Officer Wenjian Liu, 32, was married two months ago. and Officer Rafael Ramos, age 40, a father of two young sons, were shot at close range –in the head– in ambush while they were in their clearly marked blue and white patrol car. The murders took place in Bedford Sty.

Brinsley fled into a subway station where he shot himself. He was transported to the hospital. He did not survive.

It is said that Ismayyil Brinsley shot another person in Baltimore before traveling to New York today: his girlfriend. She appears to have survived.

Many protesters in past days were involved in shouting “What do we want?” The answer to same was: “Dead cops.”

No comment at this time. But, yes, later.