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babylonsister

(171,074 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:40 PM Dec 2014

Across New York, Pausing to Honor Police Officers

Across New York, Pausing to Honor Police Officers

By MARC SANTORA and WINNIE HU
DEC. 23, 2014

New York police officers embraced as they visited a memorial at the site where Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were killed on Saturday. Credit Mike Segar/Reuters

In a city full of noise, distraction and debate, there were no words.

New York City honored its two fallen police officers Tuesday afternoon with a moment of silence at 2:47, marking the instant at which they were shot on a Brooklyn street corner three days ago.

But even before the city paused, there was an outpouring of condolences and mourning, as New Yorkers found ways large and small to lend support to the police force.

In Times Square on Tuesday morning, Steve Norred, 50, and his wife, Heather, 41, stopped to say thank you to an officer.

“I just wanted to tell him how sorry I was for his loss,” Mr. Norred said.

In neighborhoods around the city, people made a point of stopping to shake the hand of an officer, hug an officer, thank an officer.

Anything to show support for a department reeling from the deaths of Officers Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40.

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Across New York, Pausing to Honor Police Officers (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2014 OP

" people made a point of stopping to shake the hand of an officer, hug an officer, thank an officer" 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #1

Baloney. Your brush is way too broad. nt babylonsister Dec 2014 #3

You definitely see here that people are feeling this. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #2

Fuck that. Earth_First Dec 2014 #4

Agree. SamKnause Dec 2014 #5

Do you have sympathy for the officers family that were murdered in cold blood? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #6

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)

1. " people made a point of stopping to shake the hand of an officer, hug an officer, thank an officer"

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:48 PM

Dec 2014

...Its always a one way street.

babylonsister

(171,074 posts)

3. Baloney. Your brush is way too broad. nt

Reply to 951-Riverside (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:50 PM

Dec 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. You definitely see here that people are feeling this.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:48 PM

Dec 2014

So many emotions in this city now. We will get through it.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

4. Fuck that.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 06:03 PM

Dec 2014

Go pause for yourself, cops.

When the uniformed officers and brass call for a retraction on the statements their union officials are making, I'll join them in their sorrow.

When these officers quit perpetrating the bigotry by printing "I can breathe" on t shirts I will pause.

Until then...those dogs can lie with the dogs in their own misery.

My sorrow and sympathy lies with the families where the racist institution of law enforcement in our country have killed, maimed or harassed.

Fuck cops.

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)

5. Agree.

Reply to Earth_First (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 06:17 PM

Dec 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

6. Do you have sympathy for the officers family that were murdered in cold blood?

Reply to Earth_First (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 06:24 PM

Dec 2014

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