However, the Moratorium also attracted serious opposition, especially in the white South, in small-town America, and among white working-class voters in the metropolitan areas, including New York City. In New York, the dissension exposed a deep social cleavage. When Mayor John Lindsay proclaimed October 15 a “day of mourning” and ordered that the flag be flown at half-mast, the Policemen’s Benevolent Society, which loathed the protesters and the mayor in equal measure, called on all precinct houses to fly their flags at full staff.
