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| New York mayor and police chief honor officers shot in car one year ago | New York mayor and police chief honor officers shot in car one year ago |
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| New York City’s mayor and police commissioner on Sunday honored two officers who were shot to death one year ago, while sitting in their cruiser on a Brooklyn street. | New York City’s mayor and police commissioner on Sunday honored two officers who were shot to death one year ago, while sitting in their cruiser on a Brooklyn street. |
| Related: NYPD chief defends mayor de Blasio and criticises police funeral protest | Related: NYPD chief defends mayor de Blasio and criticises police funeral protest |
| Accompanied by the sounds of bagpipes and sobs, mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton dedicated two bronze plaques at Brooklyn’s 84th precinct, inscribed with the names of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. | |
| A New York Police Department helicopter flew overhead in honor of the officers, and bagpipers played. | |
| Hundreds of NYPD officers in dress uniform, many in tears, stood listening to Liu’s father, Wei Tang Liu, bent over in grief and sobbing as he spoke in Chinese about his only child. | |
| Liu’s wife, Sandy Liu, translated, breaking down as she spoke: “Before my son’s death, I would hear his voice every day for the past 33 years of his life.” | |
| Liu’s father thanked those who had reached out to the family. | |
| “We are so grateful for all the love and support for the past year,” he said. | |
| The two officers were shot at point-blank range through their cruiser window. The gunman then killed himself with the same weapon. | |
| Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a 28-year-old who traveled to New York from Baltimore on the day of the shooting, had posted on Instagram that he wanted to put “wings on pigs”. He also referenced Eric Garner, whose death in a police chokehold in July 2014 led to protests against the New York police department. | Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a 28-year-old who traveled to New York from Baltimore on the day of the shooting, had posted on Instagram that he wanted to put “wings on pigs”. He also referenced Eric Garner, whose death in a police chokehold in July 2014 led to protests against the New York police department. |
| The aftermath of the deaths of Liu and Ramos was politically tense, as police union representatives blamed de Blasio in light of his perceived support for protesters against perceived police brutality. | The aftermath of the deaths of Liu and Ramos was politically tense, as police union representatives blamed de Blasio in light of his perceived support for protesters against perceived police brutality. |
| At a hospital on the evening of the shootings and at the funerals of both officers, uniformed officers turned their backs on the mayor. A subsequent NYPD “slowdown” was acknowledged by Bratton. | At a hospital on the evening of the shootings and at the funerals of both officers, uniformed officers turned their backs on the mayor. A subsequent NYPD “slowdown” was acknowledged by Bratton. |
| After the plaque ceremony on Sunday, de Blasio and Bratton were to lay a wreath at the intersection in Bedford-Stuyvesant where the shootings occurred on 20 December 2014. | After the plaque ceremony on Sunday, de Blasio and Bratton were to lay a wreath at the intersection in Bedford-Stuyvesant where the shootings occurred on 20 December 2014. |