NYPD Cop Tries to ‘Cop a Feel’ on a Woman, Her Friend Tries to Film it, they Assault and Kidnap Him

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10. De Blasio is on great terms with the NYPD these days

A funeral for a New York police officer, a changed Bill de Blasio, Christian Science Monitor, 5/9/15

http://news.yahoo.com/funeral-york-police-officer-changed-bill-blasio-191252200.html

Mayor Bill de Blasio's rough relations with New York police appear to have changed him. He's gone from an unapologetic critic to a vocal NYPD defender.

When protesters took to the streets of New York last week, rallying against the deaths of Mr. Gray in Baltimore, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and others, more than 140 were arrested. Protesters complained that the NYPD had taken a heavy-handed approach, brandishing billy clubs and throwing protesters roughly to the ground as some tried to block traffic, chanting, “Freddie Gray, Michael Brown. Shut it down, shut it down.”

De Blasio’s response?

“One thing’s clear, when the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” de Blasio said during a testy press conference afterward. “And I’m saying this as someone who has been at these protests and recognize when the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk, and that has to be respected.” (http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/276-15/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-holds-media-availability )