In New York City, two police officers have been shot and wounded while pursuing suspects in an armed robbery in the Bronx. The shooting comes as New York City police have continued their apparent work stoppage following the fatal shootings of two officers last month. According to The New York Times, over the past week arrests are down by half while parking and traffic tickets dropped more than 90 percent over the same period the previous year. The police are protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comments on police brutality and racial profiling. On Monday, Mayor de Blasio addressed the decision by hundreds of police officers to turn their backs to him at the funerals for their slain colleagues. He called the actions “disrespectful.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio: “They were disrespectful to the families involved, that’s the bottom line. They were disrespectful to the families who had lost their loved one. And I can’t understand why anyone would do such a thing in a context like that. I think it just defies a lot of what we all feel is the right and decent thing to do when you’re dealing with a family in pain. I also think they were disrespectful to the people of this city, who in fact honor the work of the NYPD.”