Poll: New Yorkers hate NYPD protests, back de Blasio over police union leader

Hot Air reports:

According to statistics obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the NYPD’s operational “slowdown” continues. Though the rates of arrests and citations are beginning to accelerate compared to the week of December 22 to 28 when they were down 90 percent from the year prior, New York City police activity remains relatively low.

The reduced police activity is largely seen as a protest in response to the actions of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who angered police when he implied that racism played a role in the death of Eric Garner and the grand jury’s subsequent decision not to indict the officer responsible.

Conservatives have largely sided with the police in their feud with New York City and its mayor. But, in the public relations war, the city’s police are losing.

According to a new Quinnipiac University survey of the city’s residents, 69 percent of respondents disapprove of the NYPD’s campaign of turning their backs on the mayor when he addresses audiences of cops. 52 percent believe that discipline among the NYPD has broken down. Further, NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton enjoys an approval rating of 56 percent, up from 44 percent in December. 62 percent of respondents expressed confidence in his ability to “restore discipline” to the police force.

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