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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2014

Yankees' Charity Offers to Pay for Education of Ambushed NYPD Officer's Children

The New York Yankees' Silver Shield Foundation is offering to pay for any and all education expenses for the children of Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers killed Saturday in Brooklyn.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2014

Brooklyn Ambush killer Had Criminal Record, History of Mental Illness

By Saturday, he had seized on the deaths at the hands of police officers of Eric Garner on Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., focusing his rage against the authorities. In his short life, during which Mr. Brinsley failed to finish high school, to hold a steady job or, seemingly, to commit even the smallest crime without being caught, thoughts of revenge seemed to be the one thing giving him purpose.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2014

Video: NYPD Slayings Widen Rift Between Police and Mayor

Mayor Bill de Blasio got a chilly reception from NYPD officers at Woodhull Hospital Saturday after two officers were shot to death in Brooklyn.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2014

Video: De Blasio Calls for Suspension of Protests, Politics to Respect Ambushed Officers' Families

It’s time for those of different viewpoints to “put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside everything we will talk about in due time while two families try to piece their lives back together,” he said at a gathering of the Police Athletic League.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 20, 2014

2 NYPD Officers Shot Dead "Execution Style" in Their Patrol Car

According to preliminary reports, both officers were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill when they were shot point-blank by a single gunman who approached their car at the corner of Myrtle and Tompkins avenues.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2014

Video: Philadelphia Officer Praised for Not Shooting AR-Wielding Man

"I immediately announced 'police, drop the weapon.' About the second time I yelled it, he was just looking over his right shoulder. As he looked over his right shoulder, I was in 8 to 10 feet of him. I think he realized me coming out of nowhere, I had the drop on him and he immediately dropped his weapon," Berg said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2014

Dashcam Video Clears New Jersey Officer of Wrongdoing During Traffic Stop

During the traffic stop, officers broke out the passenger side window of Cephas' car and pulled him physically from the vehicle. Cephas contacted local and national media and, because this was shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown, the media pounced on the story.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2014

Video: Philly Paramedic Apologizes for Hateful Police Post on Instagram

A Philadelphia Fire Department paramedic has apologized for an Instagram post that shows two African American men pointing guns at the head of a white police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2014

Philly Union President Decries Anti-Police Protests

The president of Philadelphia's police union on Wednesday decried the protests sweeping cities across the country after grand juries in Missouri and New York state cleared white officers who killed unarmed black suspects.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2014

Video: NYPD Unions and Mayor Trade Verbal Jabs

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered the latest volley Tuesday in his ongoing battle with the city's police union, dismissing their ability to speak for rank-and-file officers in the wake of their call to ban him from future New York Police Department funerals.

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