separate issues and they are not drawing the conclusion and they want the commissioner, the police commissioner here in new york, bill brattin, to step down and they re calling on the mayor to show some backbone basically and make his police do what he wants. once again, that was miguel marquez reporting. the daughter of eric garner whose controversial chokehold death sparked nationwide deaths was among those who attended monday s street memorial. emerald garner told wolf blitzer she wants the blood shed to stop. want to get the message out there that there s not all bad cops, like all cops are not bad. i have, you know, fdny and nypd in my family. that doesn t make me look at them that they re bad because they re cops. they are still my family so once you take off that uniform, you re a regular person, so justice bajust because you have a uniform doesn t define you as a bad cop. not all cops are bad. we have to salute the good ones
those assassinated cops, which we should, we have to remember emerald garner brought a flowtory the memorial site to say she knows what it s like not to have a father. a mir rice, john crawford, we have to understand the humanity on both sides of this issue and make sure the conversation happens civilly and the people who understand that we want we respect our police and honor them, we also want better policing and have can v this conversation responsibly should be spushed to the forefront. the people who want to be hyperbolic should be pushed to the edges because they can t help us move forward. jumji williams, thank you so much. i wish you the best. other news we re also following, christmas eve for the bush family worrisome today.
strength to keep moving forward. our deepest condolences to you, emerald. thanks very much for joining us. thank you so much. emerald garner speaking with our wolf blitzer. sony could give viewers a surprise gift this christmas, not only that movie be opening in some theaters, you just might be able to watch it in your slippers in your living room, on the internet. that controversy new film may just be out in really wide release, much wider than even first expected. that s next. get ready for some german engineered holiday excitement.
rafael ramos and wenjin liu. she says after losing her own father in july at the hand of police she understands what the officers are going through right now. i just wanted to, you know, come out here and let the families know that, you know, i, too, understand what s going on. i lost my dad before the holiday season so i know how they feel. i know that this is a great loss. eight going to be hard this holiday season, but we re just asking everybody to stay strong, stay with us, be peaceful. this is an unfortunate tragedy that didn t have to happen. garner also said her dad was a peaceful man and would not approve of anyone using violence in his name. authorities have broken up an alleged gun smuggling ring between two of the world s busiest airports. two men including a baggage handler for delta airlines have been charged with sneaking 131 weapons in carry-on bags on flights from hartsfield airport
criticized for supporting the protesters and demonstrators who have been out in the city the last few weeks. yesterday was the first time we ve heard him take a stronger stance asking people to lay off the demonstrations to hold off to allow the families some time to grieve, to pay respects and tribute. this comes on the heels of the union saying that the mayor has blood on his hands for the death of these officers. so some people are saying is the mayor reversing course, trying to find a middle ground here that s going to resonate differently for different people but certainly doesn t erase any of the tensions that we are seeing between the union and the mayor s office. the mayor hoping people will stay off the streets. at the same time, randi, that may not be the case. we are already seeing social media reports suggesting that some people could protest out here in new york city later today. alexandra field, thanks very much for the update from there. one of the daughters of eric