
The leader of one of the city’s most influential police unions says Mayor Bill de Blasio needs to humble himself to heal the glaring rift between NYPD officers and City Hall.
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Liu was laid out in his uniform, with his NYPD badge and hat placed on his body inside the open casket. Candles and incense burned nearby, and a white banner held a message in Chinese: “His bravery is still with us.”
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At Liu's funeral the bitterness between the police and the mayor was once again on display as dozens of officers turned their backs on de Blasio as he spoke. The protest defied a request from the city’s police chief not to use the funeral to protest the mayor.
Read More →Vice President Joe Biden will attend the funeral of NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos on Saturday, the White House said Tuesday.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has called on President Barack Obama to demand that Cuba return a woman convicted of killing a New Jersey State Police officer in 1973 before the United States moves forward with a plan to restore diplomatic relations with the communist nation.
Read More →The family will be able to replace the stolen gifts after police passed the hat and presented the Orzunas with gift cards totaling $1,500 and a few toys on Saturday morning.
Read More →At the Bedford-Stuyvesant memorial created at the death site, a few dozen police officers and firefighters removed their hats and bowed their heads in honor of slain Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
Read More →Sharpton, who joined Garner's relatives over the weekend to denounce the slaying of the officers, said he would not change planned prayer vigils at the scene of Garner's death and elsewhere over the coming days to mark the family's first Christmas without him.
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A Chicopee, Mass., man who officials say made a threatening comment towards police on a social media page will be charged.
Read More →I have nothing but admiration for Dr. Krauthammer and Messrs. Will and Yoo, but I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb here in speculating that none of these men, for all their accomplishments, has ever had the experience of trying to arrest a 350-lb. man who has made it clear he does not wish to be arrested. I have, and I offer here a few lessons gleaned from that experience.
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