NY Mayor Calls for an End to Street Protests.

Good move.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday called for protesters to suspend demonstrations in the aftermath of the killing of two New York police officers, who were gunned down in Brooklyn as they sat in their patrol car.

“It’s time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time,” Mr. de Blasio said in a speech. “That can be for another day.”

People sprawling dead on the ground seem more like Jonestown re-enactors than a group with a serious list of grievances and demands. (Hire more minority officers? Teach minorities how to use the political process to run for office and otherwise represent their communities in law-abiding, systemic ways?)

It seems this is more about performance art than stating, and reaching, any desired goals for true change.