Bratton has never been completely in step with Comrade De Blasio, he was more pro-police and less left than De Blasio.
Via WSJ:
New York City police Commissioner William Bratton will announce on Tuesday that he is resigning and will be replaced by Chief of Department James O’Neill, according to city officials familiar with the matter.
Mr. Bratton, 68 years old, told Mayor Bill de Blasio of his decision last week, and administration officials had been interviewing candidates to replace the police commissioner for the remaining 16 months of the mayoral term before settling on Chief O’Neill, the people said.
Under the terms of his resignation, Mr. Bratton will stay in the job until September to help ease the transition for the new police commissioner, the people said.
Messrs. de Blasio and Bratton are scheduled to make the announcement at a news conference at noon, officials said.
Mr. Bratton will leave the NYPD and return to the private sector, officials said.
A spokesman for the mayor declined to comment.
Black Lives Matter associated groups had coincidentally just begun an occupy protest, demanding he be fired and that the NYPD be defunded.
Via The Guardian:
Protesters in New York City began occupying the park next to city hall in Manhattan on Monday, declaring they would not leave until police commissioner Bill Bratton was fired.
Organized by Millions March NYC, a group affiliated with Black Lives Matter movement, the #ShutDownCityHallNYC protest has been inspired by protesters setting up encampments in public spaces in Chicago and Los Angeles to fight for the abolition of the police.
“We are planning an encampment,” said Nabil Hassein, a 27-year-old Millions March NYC organizer from Crown Heights, Brooklyn. “I’m going to stay as long as I can.”