BLUE BLOOD ON THE STREETS.......@ ALL LIVES MATTER

There is now blue blood on the streets of New York City, the blood of two police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, killed by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a man with a long criminal history that included over 15 arrests....thus the glaring question: Were the officers killed in retaliation for the deaths of two black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner when both grand juries failed to issue any indictments against police officers???

Or was this really a psychopath, a lifelong criminal lunatic encouraged by the current political discourse to spill blue blood on the streets??? It is a sad question, really.

Political leaders, such as New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio should understand the danger of arousing the fringe members of society by allowing "What do we want?? Dead cops." continual chants at protests around the city. DeBlasio and some protest leaders have to answer the question - are the protest leaders now race baiters encouraging the actual murders of police officers??

The lack of indictments in the deaths of Brown and Garner are dismaying, and have led to widespread protests throughout the country that is igniting the national conversation on the use of police force involving African-American men. The important fact is that not all police officers are responsible for the aggressive actions of a few on the force, just as all black men are not criminals who should be treated as potential perpetrators.

DeBlasio explained after the death of Eric Garner that he and his wife "had to literally train" their son Dante how to handle encounters with police -- an experience, he explained that was shared by the parents of other African-Americans around the country. "What parents have done for decades who have children of color, especially young men of color, is train them to be very careful when they have a connection with a police officer," DeBlasio said.

While that may be a statement that reflects the DeBlasio parental concerns, many parents at home discuss their ethnic, religious and racial concerns privately about the world, it is not reasonable for the mayor in his role representing the largest city in America to speak so disparagingly in a manner dismissive of the entire police department. It means there has never been any progress in race relations between Blacks, Whites, Italians, Puerto Ricans, Germans, Polish, Irish and millions of immigrants that comprise the population of New York City.

William Bratton, head of the 35,000 New York City Police Department, the nation's largest, said DeBlasio's statement "threw cops under the bus." Police officers turned their backs on DeBlasio during the hospital visits for the victims. "I was at the hospital when that event occurred," Bratton explained, "I don't support that particular activity, I don't think it was appropriate, particularly in that setting, but it's reflective of the anger."

Speaking on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopolous, DeBlasio said there was "so much misunderstanding" about what he meant."It's different for a white child. That's just the reality in this country," DeBlasio said. "And with Dante, very early on with my son, we said, look, if a police officer stops you, do everything he tells you to do, don't move suddenly, don't reach for your cell phone, because we knew, sadly, there's a greater chance it might be misinterpreted if it was a young man of color."

Does this man not understand his role as leader in the greater context of New York City?

"It's quite obvious that the targeting of these two police officers was a direct spinoff of the issues of these demonstrations," Bratton said. NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch blamed DeBlasio. "That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor," Lynch said. After the killing of the officers, police departments throughout New York State had to remain on high alert. The gunman who ambushed two police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record and history of mental instability, yet he knew to pursue publicity via social media. Right before opening fire, Ismaaiyl Brinsley approached people on the street and told them to follow him on Instagram,"Watch what I'm going to do," noted Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.

Brinsley, age 28, had at least 19 arrests in Georgia and Ohio, and spent two years in prison for gun possession and had a troubled childhood so violent that his mother was afraid of him, police said. He ranted online about police and the government and expressed "self-despair and anger at himself and his life." Brinsley approached the squad car from behind in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section and fired four shots, killing Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. He then ran into a subway station and committed suicide.

Hours earlier, Brinsley had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend at her home outside Baltimore, then made threatening posts online, including a vow to put "wings on pigs" and references to the Brown and Garner cases.

Baltimore-area police warned the New York department that Brinsley was in the city and bent on violence. New York police were still getting the word out when Brinsley struck. A union-generated message warned police officers that they should respond to every radio call with two cars — "no matter what the opinion of the patrol supervisor" — and not make arrests "unless absolutely necessary." The president of the detectives union told members in a letter to work in threes when out on the street, wear bulletproof vests and keep aware of their surroundings."Cowards such as yesterday's killer strike when you are distracted and vulnerable," the letter read.

Commissioner Bratton and Mayor DeBlasio attended Sunday Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, where Cardinal Timothy Dolan called for calm. Bratton later visited the families of both officers and laid flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site of the slayings. "It's a reflection that the community cares about the cops," said Bratton, adding that the memorial was "very appropriate."

There is now Blue Blood on the streets...... we can only hope that all lives matter.