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Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op



BY
Thomas Tracy



NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Updated: Friday, July 8, 2016, 3:11 PM


The Donald got nixed.

On Friday morning Donald Trump begged the city's top cop to let him speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the murders of five Dallas police officers Thursday during a protest over police shooting.

But Police Commissioner Bill Bratton strongly rejected the request.


"Our interest is staying out of the politics of the moment, and not to provide photo ops," he told reporters. "If Mr. Trump wants to speak to me, I would be happy to brief him on what we’re doing. If Sen. Clinton wants to speak to me, I would very happy to brief her on what we’re doing. But we are not in the business of providing photo ops for our candidates.”


Earlier Friday, Trump tweeted that he had decided to postpone his speech in Miami over "the horrific events taking place in our country."

The two men have disagreed before. In June, Bratton slammed Trump for pushing to block Muslims from entering the United States, saying it just makes his job harder.

"It works against the ability of police in this country to develop relationships with the communities," Bratton said at the time.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks sent an email statement claiming "Mr. Trump and the campaign did not reach out with a request to address roll call."

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