Kin of police vics blast Viv for blocking reform

NINETEEN family members of New Yorkers killed by police are joining together to target City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for striking a deal to block votes on two controversial police reform bills.

The group, which includes the mothers of Eric Garner, Ramarley Graham, Amadou Diallo, Anthony Baez, the parents of Sean Bell, and other relatives, is backing the Right to Know Act — legislation requiring cops to ask for consent before many searches and identify themselves in run-ins with citizens.

They oppose Mark-Viverito’s agreement with the NYPD to instead internally change police procedures.

“Attempts to portray your deal with [Police Commissioner Bill] Bratton as similar to the Right to Know Act legislation are disingenuous, because your deal has removed the essential protections and accountability,” the group wrote in a letter to Mark-Viverito.

They are also sending similar messages to their individual Council members, pushing them to move forward with the legislation despite the Speaker’s opposition.

Valerie Bell, whose unarmed son Sean was shot to death by cops in Queens in 2006, said she was surprised to see Mark-Viverito, an avowed supporter of police reform, agree to squelch the bills.

“You’re turning your back on the community,” she told the Daily News. “That to me was wrong.”

Mark-Viverito’s office declined to comment.