Facing heat from the police union, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stood by his comments from earlier this week that his biracial son needs to take special precautions around cops.
De Blasio explained after the non-indictment of Eric Garner that he and his wife “had to literally train” their son Dante how to handle encounters with police — an experience shared by the parents of other African-American children around the country. The head of the city’s police union said de Blasio’s statement “threw cops under the bus.”
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, de Blasio said there was “so much misunderstanding” about what he meant.
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