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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 shouldn't be saying those things, and they -- some who actually physically attack police officers which i say is absolutely unacceptable. we'll prosecute them to the fullness. >> we'll talk more about that shortly, about all that's been said by each side in what's become a very, very painful war...

Life. there may be some indication that there's been some mistrust on both sides. but what we've 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. he's 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 protests that we were seeing around the country and certainly around new york. but listen to wha...

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. that's what officers were looking for. that's where they feel the mayor's support was not on their behalf. you look at ...

There on ac 360 last night. do you believe the police union and mr. lynch, should they apologize for the statements that they've made? >> sorry, i'm shook up a little bit. you're asking me if the police should apologize? i'm saying the mayor should apologize first. that's 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 even before the two officers were killed they signed a petition that they don't want the mayor t...

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 york's 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 security needs of this city require moving away from the overuse of stop and frisk. >> reporter: the pract...