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Wenjian Liu funeral: Murdered NYPD officer to be honoured Wenjian Liu funeral: New York honours shot policeman
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Ten of thousands of mourners, including police officers from across the US, are expected to attend the funeral of a New York City policeman shot dead with his partner in their patrol car last month. Thousands of police officers and other mourners have turned out in New York for the funeral of a policeman shot dead in his patrol car last month.
Wenjian Liu, the son of migrants from China, will be honoured in a Buddhist ceremony, followed by a police tribute. Wenjian Liu, a son of Chinese migrants, was killed with his fellow policeman Rafael Ramos on 20 December by a gunman with a grievance against the police.
Liu and partner Rafael Ramos were shot in Brooklyn on 20 December by a gunman who then killed himself. He is being honoured with a Buddhist ceremony, followed by a police tribute.
Ramos' funeral a week ago was among the largest in NYPD history. Frictions between the police and the mayor of New York surfaced at Ramos' funeral a week ago.
It highlighted tensions between many rank-and-file members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Mayor Bill de Blasio. Many rank-and-file members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) resent Mayor Bill de Blasio's apparent sympathy for anti-police protesters this winter and turned their back when he spoke from a video screen at the first funeral.
Sunday's funeral follows a wake in the New York borough of Brooklyn, attended by hundreds of officers as well politicians including Mr de Blasio and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. Patrick Yoes, a national secretary with the 328,000-member Fraternal Order of Police, said before the new funeral: "Across this country, we seem to be under attack in the law enforcement profession, and the message to take away from this is: We are public servants. We are not public enemies."
Liu, 32, had been married two months when he was killed. "This is a really tragic story," Mr Cuomo told reporters after the wake. New York police commissioner Bill Bratton has urged officers to refrain from any further "act of disrespect", saying in a memo, "A hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance."
He said the killing had "nothing to do" with the two officers. "They did nothing wrong. It was pure and random hatred.'' 'City heartbroken'
'Disrespect' Mayor de Blasio told the funeral service: "All of our city is heartbroken today."
The rift between some officers and Mr de Blasio - who had appeared to back earlier anti-police protests - resurfaced after the killings of Ramos and Liu. Liu, 32, had lost his life while fighting for "all that is decent and good", he said. He paid tribute to a "young man who came here from China at the age of 12 in search of the American dream".
The head of the city's largest police union lashed out at the liberal mayor, saying there was "blood on many hands." Funeral arrangements had been delayed so relatives from China could travel to New York.
More than 20,000 officers attended Ramos' funeral on 27 December, and many turned their backs on Mr de Blasio. A small vigil was also held on Saturday in Chinatown where community members gathered to burn pieces of paper in honour of Liu, in keeping with Chinese tradition.
Police commissioner Bill Bratton told officers ahead of Saturday's wake to refrain from any "act of disrespect" .
"A hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance," he wrote in a memo to officers.
The two policemen were shot following a wave of demonstrations over killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, beginning in the Missouri town of Ferguson last summer.The two policemen were shot following a wave of demonstrations over killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, beginning in the Missouri town of Ferguson last summer.
There was anger in New York after a grand jury decided not to press charges against a white police officer over the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner, who was placed in a chokehold while being restrained by police officers.There was anger in New York after a grand jury decided not to press charges against a white police officer over the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner, who was placed in a chokehold while being restrained by police officers.
The man who shot Ramos and Liu, African-American Ismaaiyl Brinsley, killed himself in a subway station as police were closing in.The man who shot Ramos and Liu, African-American Ismaaiyl Brinsley, killed himself in a subway station as police were closing in.
Brinsley had a history of violence and mental instability. Before attacking the police officers, he had shot and injured his girlfriend, police said.Brinsley had a history of violence and mental instability. Before attacking the police officers, he had shot and injured his girlfriend, police said.
On the day of the shooting, he went on social media to say he was planning to kill police officers.On the day of the shooting, he went on social media to say he was planning to kill police officers.
Resentment
Shortly after the policemen were shot, the head of the city's largest police union, Patrick Lynch, lashed out at the liberal mayor, saying there was "blood on many hands".
More than 20,000 officers attended Ramos' funeral on 27 December, and many turned their backs on Mr de Blasio.
On Sunday, one retired NYPD officer, John Mangan, stood across the street from the funeral home with a sign that read, "God Bless the NYPD. Dump de Blasio."
However, George Breedy, a lieutenant with the St Charles Parish Sheriff's Department in Louisiana, said he had no plans to protest against Mr de Blasio, calling the rift between officers and the mayor a "local issue".
"We're here to pay respect to the officers," he said.