A new poll shows that most New York City voters are mad at NYPD officers for beefing with Mayor Bill de Blasio. But most also think the New York City Police Department is doing a good job — that is, except among black voters.
Turns out 69% of New York City voters disapprove of cops turning their back on Mayor Bill de Blasio during the funerals for two police officers who were shot dead.
A new independent poll released on Thursday by Quinnipiac University asked 1,182 New York City voters about their opinions of the current conflict between members of the NYPD and the mayor.
One of the starkest discoveries was that a vast majority of New Yorkers disapprove of the cops who decided to turn their backs on the de Blasio during the funerals of two police officers who were shot to death in their patrol car late last year.
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
And 77% think the president of the largest NYPD union went too far in his comments blaming the mayor for the killings.
The poll also found that most voters thought Pat Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, went too far when he said de Blasio had "blood on his hands" after the two cops were murdered.
Lynch and the leaders of other NYPD unions said de Blasio was partially to blame for what they called an "anti-cop climate" after the mayor expressed solidarity with the large demonstrations against police brutality that paralyzed the city last year.
Stephanie Keith / Reuters
Fewer than half of white voters think the mayor supports the NYPD.
Only 49% of white voters think the mayor supports the cops. But that figure jumps to 69% among black voters.
Carlo Allegri / Reuters
What's more, white voters think the beef between City Hall and the cops is the mayor's fault — however, black voters put the onus on the officers.
Sixty-one percent of white voters think de Blasio is at fault for the current tensions, while 69% of black New Yorkers think the cops are to blame.
Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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