Mayor Walks Tightrope, Rudy Throws Grenades

Sergeants’ Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins last week called Mayor de Blasio’s accounts of cautioning his son Dante about the importance of minding his manners in any encounter with police “really hypocritical and moronic.” Apparently not convinced he had covered the key bases, he then added, “Ultimately, if this individual who’s in charge of running this city doesn’t have faith in his own son being protected by the NYPD, he may want to think about moving out of New York City completely.”

The comments prompted one veteran official who also wasn’t thrilled about the context in which Mr. de Blasio made the remark to muse that Mr. Mullins was turning into the equivalent of ex-Police Commissioner Ben Ward: someone reporters would seek out on the notion that if you kept him talking long enough, he’d say pretty much anything outrageous that was on his mind.