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“(CNN) — The point-blank shooting of two New York City police officers this weekend is testing whether Mayor Bill de Blasio’s brand of unapologetic liberalism can work in a city that’s spent decades under mayors who made law and order a top priority.
De Blasio’s pledge to reform police practices helped sweep him into office last year. And he’s pushed for the right of demonstrators to gather in recent weeks to protest the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed African American men, at the hands of white police officers.
But critics — including those in the police force — are accusing him of fomenting an anti-police fervor that contributed to the killings of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
On Monday, de Blasio tried to reduce tension in the city. He said the murders this weekend were “an attack on all of us” during remarks to a luncheon at the Police Athletic League. He also called for a hiatus from the protests that have gripped the city and the nation, saying the should focus instead on Liu and Ramos’ families.”.........
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/22/politics/de-blasio-police-shooting/