At today's funeral for slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, who was
gunned down along with Wenjian Liu last week by gutless coward Ismaaiyl Brinsley,
some of the NYPD cops chose to cheapen Ramos's funeral by turning their backs on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he was speaking. Remember that Ramos's family wanted BdB to speak at his funeral.
This is the same NYPD that has its supporters and surrogates falsely blaming BbB, Sharpton, Obama, and the protestors for the murders of Liu and Ramos at the hands of Brinsley.
David Ferguson at The Raw Story:
Hundreds of New York City police officers turned their backs on Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio as he gave his remarks at the funeral for slain police officer Rafael Ramos on Saturday.
According to ABC News, the funeral took place at Christ Tabernacle Church, in the Glendale neighborhood of Queens.
The officers were protesting remarks the mayor made in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officers who killed an asthmatic man named Eric Garner. The officers in the Garner case strangled the man to death attempting to subdue him on charges of selling untaxed cigarettes.
Jesse Berney at Blue Nation Review:
Today, friends and family gathered to honor Rafael Ramos, one of the NYPD officers brutally slain by Ismaaiyl Brinsley. Thousands of Ramos’ fellow officers from New York and around the country joined the proceedings — and chose to turn their backs on New York mayor Bill de Blasio as he spoke at the funeral.
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But the police who turned their backs on de Blasio are wrong. They’re wrong to blame the protesters, who are standing up for their dignity and their very lives. They’re wrong to blame de Blasio, who has a duty to speak up for the communities he represents if they feel the culture of the police departments in New York and around the country is toxic and deadly.
The blame for the police officers’ deaths lies entirely at the feet of Brinsley, a murderer who tried to kill a woman who had spurned him (a victim largely ignored by the media) before executing two officers for no reason other than his own twisted hatred.
The officers are wrong to turn a funeral for one of their own into a protest, a tactic most commonly associated with the Westboro Baptist Church, known for holding up “God Hates Fags” signs at the funerals of slain soldiers. It takes the focus away from the family grieving for one of their own.
Also to note:
A cop from Granite City, Illinois (my hometown) went to the funeral.
BuzzFeed News on Twitter:
Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) has it right on the money:
11:24 AM PT: NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has denounced yesterday's turning of backs display incident at Ramos' funeral.