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As word of the shooting spread, new york city police officers rushed to the hospital where the men were taken. so did mork mayor bill de blasio. and in a hallway this moment captured. officers turning their backs to the mayor. many of them believing his sympathies for what they call anti-police demonstrations helped pave the way for the deaths of their brother officers. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. those that incited violence on the street under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what new york city police officers did every day. >> martin is joining us now with more. marti...

Long-simmering tensions are boiling over in new york city as the families of two slain police officers grieve. mayor bill de blasio is trying to hit reset on his relationship with the nypd. >> i have throughout my public life expressed tremendous respect for the nypd. it's very well documented. i will continue to. i also think in a democracy that people express their desire for a more fair society and that's right and proper as well. but they must do it peacefully. there can be no violence and there certainly can be no violence against those who protect us and who represent our society. the po...

Jury in new york failed to indict police over the killing of eric garner after he was stopped for selling loose cigarettes. in the midst of the protest firestorm de blasio shared his feelings about talking to his own mixed-race son about how he should deal with police. >> we've had to literally train them as families have all over this city for decades in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him. >> reporter: but perhaps what angered police here most, protesters given free rein of the city for several nights, and in one incident sev...

Year, perhaps the fact that it is christmas, we can simply say, let's start to try and understand each other. >> all right. on that note, we got to wrap it up, at least for now. thanks. as always, make sure you set your dvr so you can watch "360" whenever you like. more coming up on the tensions between the mayor and the police. tonight he can't even check his wikipedia entry. somebody has taken down his country's internet. we have late breaking details coming in.

Happened. >> i may have been hit but i'm okay, i'm off the air now. >> reporter: the police chief fired him for his actions that day saying he allegedly instigated the confrontation and though he correctly identified hamilton as mentally ill he did not follow proper training. people have been protesting what happened here months before michael brown's death in ferguson and eric garner's death in new york. >> it's not just about dontre in milwaukee. it's about all the lives that have been taken. >> reporter: maria hamilton believes her son died at the hands of an overzealous cop. in fact, she p...