Former mayor of New York
Rudolfo Giuliani said current mayor Bill de Blasio must change
his attitude toward the police but cannot be held responsible
for the murder of two agents at the weekend.
Accusing the mayor of having his hands covered in blood is
"an excessive reaction," said Giuliani, "it is not fair to
accuse him" over the officers who were shot and killed in their
patrol car by a man who posted anti-police messages to his
social media account.
Giuliani said that many mayors lost police officers during
their terms of office and it was wrong of police to turn their
backs on the mayor in a mark of disrespect. He said his thoughts
go to De Blasio and the New York police chief Bratton.
However Giuliani criticised De Blasio for his handling of
massive protests against police brutality following the
chokehold death of a black man strangled in police custody.
Giuliani said the killings of the police were "horrible"
but might change attitudes.
On the other hand, Giuliani blasted President Barack
Obama.
"We've had four months of propaganda starting with the
president that everybody should hate the police," Giuliani said.
"The protests are being embraced, the protests are being
encouraged. The protests, even the ones that don't lead to
violence, a lot of them lead to violence, all of them lead to a
conclusion: The police are bad, the police are racist. That is
completely wrong."
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