Sentences with phrase «slain officers»
The phrase "slain officers" means police officers who have been killed or murdered. Full definition
A recent Quinnipiac Poll found that registered voters had a low approval rating for Lynch and his tactic of having cops turn their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio during the recent funerals of slain officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos and before that, at the hospital where the officers were taken.
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Members of the NYPD turn their backs as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the funeral of slain Officer Wenjian Liu.
In his second eulogy in just over a week, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton defended the police department against the criticism of protesters today at the funeral for slain Officer Wenjian Liu — noting the department's increased diversity and defending the vast majority of police officers as «the good ones.»
Hundreds of grieving cops and neighbors gathered at the 46th Precinct in The Bronx Saturday night — the NYPD home of tragic slain Officer Miosotis Familia.
James Coll, who works on the NYPD's tactics and rescue team, said the village would be better off naming the outdoor sports complex after recently slain officer Brian Moore, who grew up nearby, or a cop or firefighter from the village who died in the line of duty.
On two separate occasions, officers turned their backs to de Blasio while he was speaking at a press conference and at a memorial service for slain Officer Rafael Ramos.
Police officers turned their backs to the mayor as he walked into a press conference with Police Commissioner William Bratton about the two slain officers at Woodhull Hospital, according to a video on PIX 11.
The images of NYPD officers turning their backs on the mayor at the funeral for two slain officers made national news.
Several hundred cops turned away in protest yesterday morning as the mayor delivered his eulogy at the Bronx funeral of slain Officer Miosotis Familia.
On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, visited the memorial in Bed - Stuy for slain officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
The slain officers were identified as Sgt. Anthony Beminio of Des Moines and Officer Justin Martin of Urbandale.
He noted that Holder was the fourth officer killed in 11 months, and that the slain officers showcased the diversity of the NYPD.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries recently passed the Slain Officer Support Act of 2015, to support the families of Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos who were killed on patrol last December.
De Blasio called it «sad» that some cops turned their backs on him during a slain officer's funeral, while defending his choice to go to Germany the day after the murder.
WASHINGTON — New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said it was «very inappropriate» for police to turn their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he eulogized a slain officer Saturday, but acknowledged that the public rebuke is «reflective» of tensions between police and the mayor.
«The mayor is the compass for the City of New York,» Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association said before the funeral of the slain officer.
Mayor de Blasio and NYPD police walked with the slain officer's family as they made their way up Sixth Avenue.
Bell's supporters include relatives of one slain officer.
► The mayor, along with his wife, Chirlane McCray, and Bratton met with the family of one of the slain officers, Rafael Ramos.
«Whereas the members of the (Orangetown) Town Board believe that they have a responsibility to honor the memories and heroic actions of (the three slain officers), as well as a responsibility to their families,»
The state parole board last month approved the release of Herman Bell for next Wednesday but the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association filed a lawsuit on behalf of a widow of one of the slain officer to try to keep him in jail.
The night of the killings, Lynch led officers in turning their back on de Blasio, as the mayor and police commissioner walked through the hospital where the two slain officers were treated.
Last week, when the City Council renamed a street after the two slain officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, Lynch was in the Council chambers, and publicly thanked the lawmakers for their support.
He believes if New York City police cars were equipped with bulletproof glass, the slain officers would be alive today.
Bratton identified the slain officer as Randolph Holder, 33, a five - year veteran assigned to the housing bureau.
A poll later showed voters didn't like the approaches of either Mr. Sharpton or the union leaders and rank - and - file officers who later turned their backs on Mr. de Blasio at the funeral for two slain officers.
Bratton spoke first, identifying the slain officers as 32 - year - old Wenjian Liu and 40 - year - old Rafael Ramos.