Op-ed: Police driving wedge between the public, officers

New York City police union leader Patrick Lynch made a mistake when he blamed the killing of two police officers on the city's mayor, wrote Dean Obeidallah for CNN.com.

Lynch has not let up in his apparent efforts to drive a wedge between the public and the New York Police Department. On Saturday night, shortly after we learned of the horrific slayings of two New York police officers at the hands of a man who reportedly said he wanted to avenge the deaths of Garner and Michael Brown, Lynch released one of the most irresponsible statements I've ever heard from a person in his position.

Lynch said there's "blood on many hands" in the cop killings.

Obeidallah, a former lawyer prosecutor, says he is now among the Americans who, polls show, trust police less in recent years. He joins The Daily Circuit to talk about his piece.