Looking very, very much like one now. Two lives are a small price to pay for the overall agenda.
"Tens of thousands of police attend funeral of slain N.Y. officer" by Marc Santora, New York Times December 28, 2014
NEW YORK — This farewell carried a deeper resonance, emotionally and politically, coming at a time of heightened tension between the police and communities across the nation.
On the streets around the church, scores of New York City police officers used the occasion to once again make a statement about what they feel is a lack of support from City Hall — turning their backs when Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered his remarks.
He better watch his back.
More broadly, the funeral was a moment for the police to reaffirm their bond of blue.
“When an assassin’s bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city, and it touched the soul of an entire nation,” said Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke at the funeral along with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton.
JFK?
Biden was voicing a sentiment that has coursed through the city over the past several days and that was palpable outside the Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens.
Right, the "tone" has changed regarding all protesters.
In the weeks and days before the shooting, protesters had taken to the streets in cities across the country to denounce the criminal justice system as unfair to blacks.
But often the police themselves were the target of their rage, and many officers have expressed a sense of feeling besieged.
Wow, this whole thing has been spun around 180 degrees, turned inside-out and upside-down.
Rudy Zotter, 51, now retired, worked for years in the Special Victims Unit, said, “You have to come out to support people in a very bad time,” Zotter said. “With the beatings law enforcement has taken all over the country, this is a way of everyone showing support.’’
Speaking inside the church, Cuomo said he watched the recent protests and saw “people hurling insults” directly in the faces of the police officers — but, he said, the police did their jobs, no matter how vicious or personal the invective.
“Every New Yorker stands with you today,” Cuomo said.
In recent days, a number of threats against police officers have been reported, and Cuomo said, “No group is above the law; no intimidation, no politics will ever change that.”
Yeah, right.
Any torture or Wall Street prosecutions and mailings yet?
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The funeral was a stark coda to a wrenching week for the Police Department.
The man who killed the officers, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had said on social media that he intended to kill police officers, drawing apparent inspiration from the ongoing protests of the police. He killed himself minutes later in a subway station.
Yes, anyone who questions the tyranny of AmeriKa pulled the trigger on this psyop $hit.
I mean, LOOK at the JEW$PAPER HEAP ON the COLLECTIVE GUILT!!!!
What a CONTROLLED-OPPOSITION SET-UP! Thanks, Al!!
After the killings, the political fallout was immediate and intense.
That's why I say what I do after doing this for so long.
The already strained relationship between de Blasio and the Police Department grew even worse, with the head of a police union accusing him of having blood on his hands. When de Blasio arrived at the funeral, there was a scattering of boos, and one officer held up a sign calling for him to resign.
In recent days, de Blasio has tried to heal the rift, but it remains to be seen whether he can win the trust of many in the department.
As Christmas Day approached, de Blasio called on protesters to put down their signs until after the officers could be mourned — a call that went unheeded by some....
Bad protesters!
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Related: Vigil honors slain Ariz. police officer
Boston police attend funeral of NYPD officer
"Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to the large-scale protests about black men killed by the police, the ‘‘pent-up frustrations’’ that have caused people to take to the streets in recent weeks go far beyond the issue of police tactics across the nation. ‘‘This is about the continuing poverty rates, the continuing growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor. It’s still about unemployment issues,” he said. “There are so many national issues that have to be addressed that it isn’t just policing, as I think we all well know.”
Who is we, and why haven't you all been addre$$ing them?
And the implication seems to now be that Occupy Wall Street was involved somehow?
"Rallies across US back police, with a few exceptions" Associated Press December 28, 2014
CLEVELAND — About 200 people marched through the East New York section of Brooklyn Saturday to protest the death of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot last month by a police officer in a stairwell.
Oh, yeah, that.
Also Saturday, 200 people attended a rally in Chicago, including many from Wisconsin protesting the April death of a black man who was shot by a white officer in Milwaukee.
No so much fuss there.
Related: A small group of demonstrators staged a brief die-in Friday at Lambert-St Louis International Airport
In California, the Mendocino High School boys and girls basketball teams were barred from a tournament because of concerns the players would wear ‘‘I Can’t Breathe’’ T-shirts while warming up....
At least the kids got a lesson in Free Speech and AmeriKan tyranny from their schul.
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Kathy Badger of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, participated in a "Sea of Blue" rally of support for police officers on Saturday in Cleveland (Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer/AP)
Just wanted to get the point across.
Btw, did you know that a report from the Cato Institute reveals Americans are 8 times more likely to be killed by police than by a terrorist, and other studies suggest U.S. citizens are 800 times more likely to be killed by a cop than citizens of Japan, Britain or Germany?
You gotta love 'em!
Police warn of thieves posing as utility workers
Just modern day Robin Hoods from what I've read (or not).
Agencies join forces in gun crimes center
Meanwhile, we can debate the death penalty.