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Brooklyn pols in Twitter fight over police tactics

Former mayoral candidate Sal Albanese and Brooklyn City Councilman Brad Lander got into a fierce Twitter fight on Wednesday over the de Blasio administration’s policing tactics.

Albanese, a Bay Ridge Democrat and former councilman, lashed out at Lander, calling him a “limousine liberal.”

At 6:53 a.m., Albanese tweeted, “@bradlander et al demand aggressive policing in their neighborhoods but attack pro-active policing in poor neighborhoods.”

Lander replied 10 minutes later, “You say a lot of silly things but this one is simply and utterly false. I have fought consistently for one standard.”

Albanese wouldn’t let go. “This may be silly to you but unlike you I grew up in a working class neighborhood and understand the importance of pro-active policing,” he fired back.

Lander, whose district includes leafy Park Slope, sniped, “I’m glad you understand everything. But that doesn’t mean you can make up other people’s positions.”

In the mayoral race, Albanese backed adding 3,800 cops and keeping, but reforming, stop-and-frisk policies. In the Twitter fight, he called Lander “clueless about the impact of your legislation on average street cops.”