Sadly, the protesters don’t care.
Via YouGov:
Days before Christmas last month two New York City police officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were gunned down by Ismaaiyl Brinsley who had earlier that day shot his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore. The killings came at a tense time in New York, as protestors took to the streets each night over the decision not to prosecute the police officer who killed Eric Garner in Staten Island in July. Brinsley said in social media posts that he was going to kill two cops to avenge the death of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, the Missouri teen who was killed in August.
At the funerals of both Rafael Ramos and Wenijian Liu many police officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio, who they have accused of not properly supporting the police, and former NY governor George Pataki accused the protestors and Eric Holder of of inspiring the murders.
YouGov’s latest research shows that 44% Americans think that the people who have been protesting the recent police killings in Ferguson and Staten Island do shoulder at least some responsibility, though 34% do not think the protestors have any responsibility for the killings. Most Americans (52%) say that Barack Obama does not have any responsibility for the killings, and people also tend to say that Eric Holder (40%) and Bill de Blasio (39%) do not have any responsibility.