illness. it doesn t make them dangerous. in fact it makes them more likely to be a victim than a perpetrator. but when you see the violence manifest itself why is he out on the streets? this is from his family. it s new tonight from ismaaiyl brinsley s family. take a listen. i feel so bad for the family. we give our condolences. we give our condolences to the family. we re grieving, and we re very sorry. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled, emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. and if he got arrested this many times, that was a question, like why wouldn t they help him out in but they kept releasing him into the streets. so isn t that a problem that the justice system should be asking? not us. good question. that was his sister and his aunt, by the way. our affiliate wcbs. good question. is it retaliation? and is this a question that the justice system should be answering, tom? why is this guy out? why was he out?
and they feel that this mayor has not supported them. not only overall but even in contract negotiation ppz they re working four or five years without a contract. errol, you have said that the killing of these two cops could not have come at a worse time. what will this mean between the relationships between the community and police? well, it will vary from community to community. but basically, a lot of the conversation is going to be muted. today, for example, the mayor openly called on protesters to at least take a break until these officers are buried. until these families start to heal. what did you make of that? did you think that should happen? i think it was probably the right thing to say. frankly it was probably going to happen anyway because we re going into the holidays. a cooling off period is very much needed because there s been too much angry rhetoric, too much irresponsible rhetoric, and if we just catch our breath for a couple of weeks probably a great yesterd
baltimore and now a professor at john jay college of criminal justice. errol lewis, cnn political commentator and a political anchor at new york one news. you ve seen him here on cnn. and also tom birney a former nypd detective. thank you for joining us this evening. very sensitive subject here. a lot of people believe the mayor s comments and his actions really were disrespectful and maybe ratcheted up threats against the police officers. and many think that he may have, or some i should say think that he poured fuel on a fire. do you believe that, tom? there s i think the mayor could have handled things overall i think in a better way. just my own personal opinion. and based on also watching the previous mayors of the city and how they ve handled crisises like this. under mayor bloomberg and under mayor giuliani in a crisis situation they would have come out more even keeled. they would have waited for all the facts and evidence to come out in certain cases such as staten island.
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