bernard kerrick in his analysis coming up next.y with lou: the new york city police department is furious with mayor bill de blasio being criticized for their service and accused of racism. the mayor making remarks like these showing a lack of support for police and putting race center stage in the air guard her case. >> the relationship between police and community has to change. the way that we go about this has to change. it has to change in the city and in this country. people need to know that black lives and brown lives matter as much as white lives. what we have to aspire to. lou: joining us now is the former new york city police commissioner and the former corrections commissioner. appointed as the interim minister of iraq. it's good to have your. >> thank you. lou: your reaction to a mayor who said straight up that the nypd, new york's finest are racist? >> it's disappointing. the cops and the city go out every day and do their job, one that most people wouldn't have the courage to do. they respond to calls of violence 24

former nypd commissioner bernard kerrick joins us to discuss.ew comments on what has become blessed attack against law enforcement agencies and officers. two incidents that involve one police officer whose actions resulted in the deaths of two black men. one in ferguson, the other in new york city. the left is exploiting these incidents to racial politics and serving a bald political purpose of the obama white house. the obama justice department and its leaders, air colder, leading the assault on law enforcement and are not in the least hesitant to prejudge these cases. to make clear before investigations are concluded what outcome they expect or demand. the politics of racial exploitation are broadened from the president's left-wing, including mayor bill de blasio. >> we're not just dealing with the problem in 2014 or years of racism leading up to it or decades of racism, we are dealing with centuries of racism. lou: it's remarks like those that have led union officials to accuse him of undercutting instead of defending the 35,000 men and women

bernard is a former new york city police commissioner. also the former new york city department of corrections commissioner. the founder and ceo of the kerrick group. good to have you with us. i cannot believe that i listened to the mayor talking about now is a time not for protest and politics, but focusing on the families, which is one thing he didn't do in the course of the first 48 hours. >> well, i would agree with him. now is the time to focus on the family. you have two dead cops that have to be buried. it's extremely important that the city looks out for and takes care of their families. looks out for their children. and gives them the sending off that they deserve, with honor and dignity. it's a tragic, tragic, horrific time for the city. lou: it is. it's a city run by a man who until this point, until this very day, have been one of those leading a national campaign of hatred against law enforcement, a campaign as i've said in this broadcast, a campaign of ignorance, that's got to end. it is at this point not ending. >> i think -- i think he's going to have to realize that that rhetoric, that anti-cop, racist rhetoric that's been p