De Blasio Says He’s ‘Cleared The Air’ With Kelly

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de-blasio-ray-kellyMayor-elect Bill de Blasio says he’s “cleared the air” with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, a day after Kelly told a magazine that Democratic candidates were “pandering” when they criticized stop-and-frisk.

De Blasio spoke today at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in Harlem.

He declined to get into specifics of his discussion with Kelly, but told reporters, “It was a good conversation and we cleared the air and we’re moving forward.”

Pressed on what exactly he meant or if any apology was made, de Blasio said, “Just exactly what I said, we cleared the air.”

Democratic hopefuls repeatedly bashed the use of stop-and-frisk during the hard-fought mayoral primary, and it became a central issue in the general election.

In his interview, Kelly was asked by the interviewer if the candidates were “just full of s-t.” Kelly said “absolutely.”

“It just goes to show you what some politicians will do,” Kelly said. “They’ll say or do anything to get elected.”

De Blasio, a vocal critic of the city’s use of the tactic, has used his opposition to stop-and-frisk to draw a distinction between himself and the policies of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has staunchly supported the practice throughout his 12-year tenure in City Hall.

“Ray Kelly’s legacy is the following: 7,500 fewer people shot dead than there would have been if we just had the murder rate when we came in and 7,500, history shows, would almost all be male minorities,” Bloomberg said Friday. “So if Ray’s legacy is saving 7,500 lives, I’d have a smile on my face if I were him.”

A federal judge ruled in August that the city violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of blacks and Hispanics by disproportionately stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking them.

Read more at 1010 WINS NY.

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