Who is behind the policemen turning their backs on the NYC Mayor?? [View all]
In my opinion, it is all political. They don't like him because he is a Democrat. And like everywhere else in our government, the right-wing GOP is trying to tear down the government in NYC just like they have tried to do in Washington. They have been mostly successful in our Capitol.
Right-wing radio and TV hosts are pushing the story as "with the cops" or "against the cops". Of course, they do it from a right-wing, Republican perspective. They want people to believe that the marchers and protesters, marching against the choking death of Eric Garner by a NYC cop, is the reason the two cops were murdered by a deranged black man with a gun.
This "us vs them" political message has infiltrated the police force of NYC. Republican operatives have successfully separated the policeman's union from the Mayor's office and actually, performed their traitorous act at a funeral for one of their own. The lack of respect cannot be missed.