Will NYPD officers' murders derail the protest movement?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

CBS News:

NEW YORK - Civil rights leaders Sunday condemned the ambush killings of two New York police officers and expressed fear that the backlash over the bloodshed could derail the protest movement that has grown out of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

 

In the raw hours following the killing of the officers, police union officials and politicians accused those who have protested the deaths of Garner and Brown of fanning anti-police fervor. Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolman's Benevolent Association in New York, said there was "blood on the hands" of demonstrators and elected officials who have criticized police tactics.

 

The Garner and Brown families issued statements repudiating the officers' killings, while civil rights leaders took to the airwaves to try to put some distance between the movement and the crime.

 

Garner's mother, Gwen Carr stood with Rev. Al Sharpton during a press conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York and condemned the violent shootings, while emphasizing her son's name was not connected to what happened on Saturday.

 

"I'm standing here in sorrow about losing those two police officers," she said. "That was definitely not our agenda."

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