Over the weekend, the shooting of two NYC police officers in Brooklyn ripped open a chasm between many cops (and politicians) and Mayor Bill de Blasio. The New Yorker’s Nicholas Thompson explains: “As with so many dramas of our day, social media did not bring out the best in observers. George Pataki blamed Bill de Blasio and Eric Holder. Others blamed Eric Garner, the officer responsible for Eric Garner’s death, the grand jury responsible for that officer’s freedom, or the protesters of that grand jury.” Here’s the way I see it. Black kids have not been treated fairly by the system. Cops should not be assassinated. And mentally ill murderers don’t represent anyone.

+ New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton defended De Blasio during a televised interview.

+ Buzzfeed is tracking the latest developments, including Bill de Blasio’s call for a moratorium on protests until after the funerals.