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Knoll leader was a new york city cop for 20 years. >> ive never seen hostilities this heightened before my career. >> reporter: the patrolmans benevolent association has been withering in its attacks on de blasio. >> theres blood on many hands tonight. that blood on the hands starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> reporter: he and his organization representing beat cops blame the mayor for the way hes handled recent protests. the lack of indictment of police in the killi...

Barack obama, is finding out you cant do new politics if you dont pay attention to old politics. you cant be big city mayor and alienate the cops, and thats just as true now as it was under three term new york city mayor ed koch or even a century ago." joining me to discuss it is politico reporter katie glick and gill alba, a 27 year veteran of the new york city police department who now runs a private security firm. katie, let me start with you, this bad blood between de blasio and police dates...

Of the street memorial where these officers were shot on saturday and it continues to grow. but to your question, the reason authorities want to find out exactly what he was doing every hour leading up to the moment of the shooting is to be able to be absolutely certain that there were no accomplices, that there was to one that assisted him in any way, shape or form in the murder of the two police officer. theres about 2 to 2 1/2 hours of time they cannot account for, after he disappeared, when ...

Program. the pastor at his church told us ramos had an infectious smile and loved his wife, maritza, and his two boys, justin and jaden. >> i would like to thank all those who have shared their sympathy and support for our beloved family member, rafael ramos, who will always be loved and missed by many. >> reporter: officer liu, who was 32, had been married just a couple of months. described by some around the neighborhood as quiet and in love. his parents are from china, and according to media ...

On patrol. fer wen geen lieu, a seven-year vet an and officer rafael ramos who first joined the department in 2012. both were assigned to the 84th precinct in downtown brooklyn. officer ramos worked as a school security officer before joining the nypd and reportedly loved the mets. he was married with two children. on facebook his 13-year-old son wrote he was there for me every day of my life. he was the best father i could ask for. its horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a polic...

Reporters whom he believes is hyping the idea that he and his police force are at odds. >> i heard from nypd officer and leaders who said they saw peaceful protests, respectful protests. what you managed to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority, who are saying unacceptable things, who shouldnt be saying those things, and they -- some who actually physically attack police officers which i say is absolutely unacceptable. well prosecute them to the fullness. >> well talk more abou...

Life. there may be some indication that theres been some mistrust on both sides. but what weve seen in the past couple of days is these tensions exploding. you have leaders of the police union in new york accusing de blasio of having blood on his hands. hes calling for a step back. so certainly a very tense time in new york. >> certainly. gil, let me bring you in here. the nypd commissioner bill bratton spoke on the "today" show and he said the murders of the officers was a direct spinoff of the...

When these attacks were being directed at them, when you had protesters attacking officers physically and verbally in some instances on some of these demonstrations, chanting and calling for dead cops, what the officers were looking for in that instance was for the mayor to take a stand or some individuals associated with this protest to stand up and say, yes, you have a right to protest, yes, you may have some valid issues that need to be discussed, but this is unacceptable. thats what officers...

There on ac 360 last night. do you believe the police union and mr. lynch, should they apologize for the statements that theyve made? >> sorry, im shook up a little bit. youre asking me if the police should apologize? im saying the mayor should apologize first. thats the start. this is a long history with the police department and mayor de blasio. he has turned his back on the new york city police department. he has shown disdain for new york city police officers and this is the result of this e...

Citizens in a very dangerous place. when you hear some of the rhetoric by the union president, that only raises the level of frustration. >> reporter: tension between police and de blasio started before he took office in january over new yorks stop and frisk policy. at its height in 2011 nearly 700,000 new yorkers stopped for so-called suspicious behavior. 87% of them black or latino. de blasio made ending the policy a cornerstone of his campaign. >> i believe that actually the long-term securit...