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De Blasio asks ICE to ban officers from identifying as NYPD

| October 11, 2020 12:02 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio asked federal immigration authorities Friday to ban its officers from portraying themselves as local police, saying such practices drive victims and witnesses of crime “into the shadows and create fear.”

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