New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton co-hosted a press conference Monday afternoon at which both urged a moratorium on protests until after Christmas and the funerals of slain police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
.@BilldeBlasio urges to "put aside protests, put aside demonstrations, until these funerals are past" for a second time today.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 22, 2014
.@BilldeBlasio reiterates plea for NYers to "put aside" demonstrations until slain NYPD officers are laid to rest: http://t.co/MBVfSY41DA
— NYDN Politics (@NYDNPolitics) December 22, 2014
It was the second time Monday that de Blasio had asked protesters to stand down.
Again, de Blasio urges for protests to cease until funerals for #NYPD officers are over. Watch http://t.co/xEKulRW4E6 pic.twitter.com/tGeiJBMdP9
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) December 22, 2014
.@CommissBratton: Police unions are "standing down" until after officer funerals and the holiday season. Watch: http://t.co/MBVfSY41DA
— NYDN Politics (@NYDNPolitics) December 22, 2014
Yes, de Blasio wants protesters to cool it. But Bratton also asked police unions to 'stand down' until after holidays. Take heat off mayor.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 22, 2014
Maybe police-community relations would be aided by NOT SMEARING THE POLICE
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) December 22, 2014
Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren asks, what do you think of the mayor and his call for a pause to the protesting?
NYC Mayor says "now is the time to put aside the protests" — what do you think about that?
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/Politix_Junkie/status/547133953673818113
@greta He is an IGNORANT Creep!!
— mary christie The Unborn are HUMAN (@peaceischrist) December 22, 2014
@greta He needs to stop speaking.
— Dominick Romano (@NYPD5229) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/Baba_0_Riley/status/547134008643944450
https://twitter.com/BOI1960/status/547134052893868032
@greta Where were these sentiments while the PROTESTS were happening and instigating the violence?
— Dose of Sanity (@DoseOfSanity) December 22, 2014
@greta Not sincere-Mayor tad humble and afraid of being fired #savinghisass
— Shelley Obrien (@Shelley53) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/RealTimeCajun/status/547134257232355328
@greta I think the F word is screaming inside my head.
— Jack July (@AuthorJackJuly) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/US_Faith/status/547134336894373889
@greta He should have thought of that before he took sides with the protesters and #Sharpton. Turning his back on justice.
— Bret Massey (@bretmassey82) December 22, 2014
@greta – His duplicity is so thick , you need a power saw to cut it.
— Darryl Cunningham (@JustAGuyII) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/patsysocal/status/547134455060889600
@greta Well, he is the chief instigator, so I guess he calls the shots. Literally, we all see now.
— Dose of Sanity (@DoseOfSanity) December 22, 2014
@greta Might have been better said a few weeks ago.Sorry but this guy is trying to dig his way out.Not going to happen.
— Debera Blevins (@DeberaAsfaiken) December 22, 2014
@greta Fairly transparent.
— Donnachadh (@kathlyncterry) December 22, 2014
@greta The Mayor needs to stop hanging around with the people that promote the protests.
— CNPhotography (Chuck) (@SailingTheOcean) December 22, 2014
Here’s an early suggestion of how well the mayor’s plea is going to work.
.@deBlasioNYC asks us to stop protesting out of respect for the murdered cops. What about respect for the black men murdered by cops?
— Miki (@MikiTakesPhotos) December 22, 2014
@JennaBPope @deBlasioNYC the protests should continue. Period .
— Spartacus (@Ripley2A) December 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/rodadams46/status/547144113804804097
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