Of course they should turn their backs on him.
He has ignored their requests to stay far away from the funerals of fallen cops. He not only shows up anyway, he insists on giving patently insincere speeches.
The back turning is a mild and silent rebuke. They could be giving him the Bronx cheer and throwing rotten fruits and vegetables at him. It’s certainly more in line with what he deserves. The cops are showing dignified restraint, IMO.
This is a guy who said the NYPD “has a long history of racism”...The NYPD that is made up of 60% minorities! He also said he has to “teach his son how to act around the police so he doesn’t get killed”. Those are both just soo completely off the charts outrageous statements it’s insane. Not even Sharpton goes that far, all Sharpton screams about is wanting cops prosecuted, and this DeBlasio is the Mayor! And he’s screaming about racism when there is not one single solitary shred of proof of racism in the Brown or Garner cases, he just made it up to rile up the thugs. Clear cut evidence he intentionally put cops in harms way.
And THEN to top things off, in an attempt to smooth things over with him, the police unions organized to have a meeting with him. ALL they wanted was first and foremost was for him to STOP with the racist rhetoric because “safety of our officers is our first and foremost concern” and they said they “couldn’t resolve it” which means he REFUSED!!!
So to hell with this guy! To - hell - with him. They should threaten to go on strike until he is physically removed from office, they went on strike before in 1971, they can do it again. This guy is completely out of his mind and should be nowhere near ANYTHING even remotely resembling a position of authority.