NYC's Top Cop Says Police Shouldn't Turn Against Mayor

New York City's police commissioner said Monday that he doesn't support the decision of some of his fellow officers to turn on NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio following the killing of two police on Saturday.

New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said during a speech Monday that he didn't think it was appropriate for two of the city's police unions to blame the Saturday shootings in part on Mayor Bill DeBlasio.

The mayor has had a tense relationship with the New York Police Department following the death of unarmed black man Eric Gardner back in July.

"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 of some of" the police officers, Bratton said of the unions' statements regarding DeBlasio in an interview with "Today" on Monday.

"There's a lot going on at the NYPD at the moment," the police commissioner added.

Also on Monday, Pat Lynch, president of the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said that the death of two cops in NYC on Monday was in part due to DeBlasio.

"There's blood on many hands tonight," NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch said during a speech Saturday night, adding that he blames the officers' deaths on those who "incited violence on the street under the guise of protest."

"That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor," Lynch added.