Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Reuters / Yahoo News: NY protesters reject plea for hiatus despite police slayings [Only Mayor Clueless--or maybe not so clueless--could be surprised, especially since multiple witnesses saw young Black men coming upon the scene of the killings, after being told what had happened, broke out in sheer delight, fists pumping the air, etc. --tma]


NY protesters reject plea for hiatus despite police slayings

An NYPD logo is pictured on a wall above a makeshift memorial at the site where two police officers were shot in the head in the Brooklyn borough of...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Bill de Blasio's attempts to soothe a city dismayed by the slaying of two officers were further rebuffed on Tuesday as protesters defied his call to suspend what have become regular demonstrations over excessive police force.
De Blasio led a moment of silence at City Hall in the afternoon three days after the attack on the officers before asking his staff to hug those nearby "as a symbol of our belief that we will move forward together."
Hours later, about 200 protesters began marching through the drizzle and traffic in the center of Manhattan, enraged by the mayor's demand that they suspend their rallies until after the funerals of police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. ...