Sort of detracts from the argument.

Sort of detracts from the argument.

That's gonna leave a welt!

Thank you for clarifying what was going on there. And asking for clarification probably would have been smarter than assuming the 2nd photo 'disproves' your point.

That's you.

I don't think they dare disrespect the mayor so soon. Although the ceremony was marred from the stands.

Shameful that those we entrust with incredible and life-changing power succumbs to group think while lacking the capacity of self reflection.

the families of 'one of their own' was beyond despicable. Adding to that, the disrespect shown to the Mayor because he dared to speak publicly about the talk parents of black youth are forced to have with their children because of the way police interact with them as opposed to how police interact with white youth. Their disrespect in this regard was also beyond despicable, imo.

Good OP, thanks for posting it.

were from minority groups - and yes their behavior was and is beyond despicable.

Thank you.

I can't help but wonder if they would have behaved so despicably had the slain officers been white. I really do wonder.

it is a question many should be asking, imo.

It is a fact Spazito.

If the officers were white AND the mayors family was white this never would have happened.

It didn't cross my mind when they behaved despicably at the first funeral but when they did it again at the second it became clear to me. My heart breaks for the families of the slain officers, not only did they lose their loved ones, they had to stand by and see them disrespected by their fellow officers even after death.

My heart also goes out to the Mayor's family, this despicable action must hurt them so much as well.

important considering the subject is racism.

How dare they?
I am furious already but this adds.What a lack of class.

The Mayor was asked by the Liu family to give the eulogy and the NYPD officers showed their total disregard for the family's wishes by their despicable behavior.

It was bad enough when they did it at the first funeral but to repeat their despicable actions again at the second funeral showed all too well where their priorities lay and it was NOT honoring their fellow officers and their families.

I bet if you disrespected one of their family members at the funeral they would make a huge issue out of it.
I lost my wife,light of my life,suddenly and young.I can feel that woman's pain through the photos.Shame on those self serving creeps.

I am sorry for your loss.

There over a million of them wandering around waiting to shoot somebody who doesn't have civil rights anymore.
How we got here I haven't a clue but I am thinking Patriot Act.
The Department of Justice could stop it tomorrow but they are the people who tell the locals what to do.It all comes right out of D.C. policy control for local federal funding.

I think they should remove the tools of war which were recently given to police around the country, they aren't needed when the priority should be community policing not military enforcement.

There also needs to be tighter entrance requirements, psychology tests, etc, to weed out those who are looking for power instead of a need to serve, weed out those with racist, misogynist, homophobic, anti-semitic views, imo.

I hope that goddamned Nazi in Texas that is about to die is happy with his police state bullshit.

God that he is not going to be around to see that happen.

Every one of them.

K&R

They dishonored their own fallen. They used their brethren as political pawns.

I am disgusted. They want to be more important than the institutionalized racism that people are protesting.

Officers Rafael Ramos & Wenjian Liu did not deserve to die.

Eric Garner did not deserve to die.

Somehow, these officers have decreed that turning their back at their funerals is more important than focusing on the fact that people are dying at the hands of the very people that NYC expects protection from.

Seriously disgusted.

Dating back to the 1840s.

They are major events and the procession is a virtual parade, an extremely somber occasion.

Had someone tried this at a cop funeral during the '60s, they would have caught a beating at the precinct cop bar after the funeral.

These officers are disrespectful of that tradition. Would they want that escapade at their own funerals?

They are disrespectful to the slain officers. Because they consider them as lesser officers, "tokens".

They're disrespectful to the families. The kids have learned that their fathers weren't treated with the same respect as other cops.

They're disrespectful to the mayor, because of his minority child (children?). Had a mayor with a white family made the same address on race relations, they would have chalked it up to "politicking" and ignored it beyond a few cynical locker-room jokes.

They're ultimately disrespectful to themselves and the shield they wear. Shows how much they care about the job.

I honestly can't believe how childish and disgusting this behavior is. It's a funeral! Show some respect and save your tantrums for later. Or better yet, act like an adult and deal with the fact that you are wrong - A LOT - and that people have a right to disagree with and protest against you.

Grow the f**k up!

Thanks for posting SheShe!

Is disrespectful and egomaniacal and hateful

Those who turned their backs to the mayor are no better than the members of the Westboro Baptist Church.

Your comment is spot on.

Crying to hard. No words freshwestl

For many years, due to China's policy. He joined came with is family at the age of twelve and became part of our nation.

No doubt he loved America and his job, trained for it and took it very seriously. His family did not deserve their show of bitterness to add to their pain.

The ones who made a circus of his death gave up their duty for the love of rightwing politics. And they have no shame.

Reporting of this funeral I did see ,the little I caught, was about the police reaction to the mayor. Nothing about the family or funeral itself

all the news all the time. when Obama changed the rules for immigration all i heard was the right's reaction to his "power grab." how about what the news IS sometimes? corporate media is so bad. so bad.

I want to thank the officers that showed their respect for the fellow officers, and not being part of the "gang of blue". I think that they are just that a gang with no respect or loyalty, they are just another gang on the streets of New York. Beware they are all armed and have unlimited firepower and resources to assist them!

probably are most likely to abuse their authority. They have no respect for the command structure since the union boss Lynch isn't in it.

Yet they follow his wishes.

Call Trump. I have a job for him!

...a pack of spoiled brats that should be replaced with Men and Women of character.

Good Men and Women...

But never surprising - we've learned to expect this from you.

They should be ashamed but I don't hold out any hope of that.

need a good spanking!

to erase any remaining goodwill from 9/11. (Most of the heroes on that day were firefighters, anyway.)

disrespected they can't take. Thank you for posting them.

in their attempts to show off to the world just how obsessively prepubescent their mission is to diss Mayor de Blasio. They seemingly have no clue why they're even doing it or the damage it's done them.

Heading to bed with tears in my eyes and a very heavy heart.

This latest, thought not surprising hurts.

on it.. I was so hopeful they would proceed with "honor and dignity".

NYPD Commish Bratton to Cops: Don’t Turn Backs on Mayor at Officer Liu’s Funeral



“A hero’s funeral is about grieving, not grievance,” Bratton wrote in the memo, obtained by the New York Post. After referencing the “act of disrespect” on the part of many officers who attended last week’s funeral, Bratton wrote, “I issue no mandates and I make no threats of discipline. But I remind you that when you don the uniform of this department, you are bound by the tradition, honor, and decency that go with it.”

Full letter at link..
http://www.mediaite.com/online/nypd-commish-bratton-to-cops-dont-turn-backs-on-mayor-at-officer-lius-funeral

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026034837

G'Night, she~ Mahalo again for your OP

fits here

Words have just failed me at the enormity of this mindless stunt* and the media response to it. Several cops from Santa Barbara County went to New York for the first funeral, taking advantage of the offer of free flights. I hope to Gods they did not participate in this disrespect.

* Mindless stunt: A nationwide funeral for two random fallen cops as a response to the deliberate murders by cops of hundreds and hundreds of men and boys of color. It's hard to criticize a funeral, isn't it? Because no one should die by violence, and we are accustomed to revering cops as the men and women who put their bodies between us and danger. Tthese two cops did nothing to deserve our disrespect. But their deaths are being used as a means of distracting us from the rest of the crimes against society, those being committed by their brothers in blue.

Has Tom Tomorrow's latest toon been posted on DU yet? I don't see it on the front page, and the mobile site doesn't seem to have a search box.

it's the first thing came to me too.

Remember the M$M sh*t-stirring at Wellstone's funeral? Where are they now?

These cops don't deserve any respect. Respect is earned, it doesn't come with a uniform.
It's really too bad someone can't fire them for being dumbasses, too stupid and arrogant to be cops.
Give 'em a f*cking broom.

Thanks she, for reminding us what a f'ed up place we live.

I've seen a lot of DU posts about how the families were disrespected, should be angry/sad, etc., but I haven't seen any comments from the family except for from a random uncle saying he understands how the cops feel.

While I understand DU'ers anger about this, if we're saying it's the family that's being affected, then I would use the family's reaction as my barometer, not my own.

are focused on grieving not airing/displaying grievances. They have behaved with dignity, the NYPD officers might try that next time.

only to see NYPD officers turn their back on him, what do you think?

the ones turning their backs are avid Pox watchers and Rash listeners, and as such are professional victims, despite the fact they're well paid Praetorian Guard or Hessian.

The mayor needs to grow a pair and teach the NYPD that they answer to him.

Having been duly appointed a police officer of the City of **** and peace officer of the State of *****, I do solemnly swear that I will defend, enforce, and obey the Constitution and laws of the United States, the State of *****, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of *****.
That I will obey the lawful orders of my superior officers and the regulations of the ***** Police Department.
That I will protect the rights, lives, and property of all citizens and uphold the honor of the police profession with my life if need be.
This I solemnly swear.

PERIOD. MY GRIEVANCES trump your grieving for your lost loved one.