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NYPD Officers Turn Backs to De Blasio at Police Funeral
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 27, 2014 @ 7:10 pm In The Point | 8 Comments
The funeral for slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos was big because it drew police officers from around the country who feel threatened and endangered by the endorsement of the racist Brown/Garner mobs by progressive politicians like Obama and De Blasio.
And for the same reason it attracted high ranking liberal politicians from Governor Andrew Cuomo to Joe Biden looking to wash off some of the blood from their political movement.
While some police officers applauded Commission Bratton, Biden and Cuomo, they weren’t willing to accept belated pandering from the man who had most directly put them in danger.
Officers outside chatted and generally ignored the eulogy until de Blasio began to speak in Spanish, which prompted snickers.
After the funeral, about a hundred police officers, firefighters and others who had stood vigil for Ramos made their way to Teedee’s Tavern, about two blocks from the church.
A firefighter hopped up onto at table, beer in one hand, and a camera in the other, taking pictures of the packed bar.
“Here’s to Ramos! Here’s to the NYPD!” he shouted, to the cheers of those assembled.
“And f- -k deB lasio!” he added, raising a raucous response from the crowd.
A block from the church, though, retired NYPD Officer John Mangan held a sign that read: “God Bless the NYPD. Dump de Blasio.”
The execution of Ramos and Liu as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn sparked a tidal wave of anger toward the mayor from the city’s cops, who turned their backs to him as he walked through a hospital corridor last Saturday night after visiting the officers’ grieving families.
Earlier that night, when de Blasio approached a group of NYPD’s Finest and said, “We’re all in this together,” a stone-faced officer replied, “No, we’re not.”
Things got so heated in the weeks leading up to the killings of Ramos and Liu, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association’s demanded that de Blasio stay away from the funerals of officers cut down in the line of duty — a request the mayor did not oblige.
Here’s some more on what went on from John Cardillo
From cop at funeral. Pic 1: Before deBlasio spoke. Pic 2: During his speech. White hats are Fire Fighters. pic.twitter.com/rl8dQrPWRi
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 27, 2014
Was just told by a group of Hispanic/Latino cops that they found deBlasio's use of Spanish in his speech patronizing and pandering.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 27, 2014
Biden and Cuomo spoke to mourners. deBlasio speaking at them. Very disconnected and uncomfortable.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 27, 2014
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