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IcyPeas

(22,014 posts) Sat Jan 29, 2022, 02:06 AM Jan 2022

Funeral for 22 year old NYPD cop killed in line of duty. LOOK AT THE CROWD on 5th Avenue. [View all]

Second officer has also died in this shooting:

Second NYPD officer dies after shooting in Harlem
Wilbert Mora, 27, was fatally wounded alongside fellow officer Jason Rivera, 22, who died last week.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/second-nypd-officer-dies-shooting-harlem-rcna13517

Link to tweet

Story here:
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/01/21/harlem-police-officers-shot/

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Funeral for 22 year old NYPD cop killed in line of duty. LOOK AT THE CROWD on 5th Avenue. [View all] IcyPeas Jan 2022 OP

We NYers dislike our police being killed, and we honor them when honorable. n/t Drum Jan 2022 #1

Very Well said.. TY Cha Jan 2022 #2

My thought exactly. When a good cop goes down, it is beautiful when the fellow cops and public OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #4

A tragic thing..I'm so glad to see this turnout. whathehell Jan 2022 #3

22 is just way, WAY too young. His photo broke me. Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #5

Only four months married Baitball Blogger Jan 2022 #21

I'm sure many are grieving with heavy hearts today blue-wave Jan 2022 #6

May God bless and hold his sweet soul. No Vested Interest Jan 2022 #7

Wow! RIP eom LittleGirl Jan 2022 #8

R-I-P 🕯 hearing his widow speak brought me to tears. nt Raine Jan 2022 #9

22 years. Terrible. :( C Moon Jan 2022 #10

Yes. So sad. A 22-year-old in that box. Hortensis Jan 2022 #11

He sounds like a good man Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #12

Young wife paying tribute to her husband was so heart wrenching! Emile Jan 2022 #13

That crowd looks to be druidity33 Jan 2022 #14

Exactly Piasladic Jan 2022 #16

It looks like a show of force to me... druidity33 Jan 2022 #19

I opened this thead because I was interested to see how many members of the public came out WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #22

Sorry, I guess the word "crowd" may not have been the most accurate word. IcyPeas Jan 2022 #23

Well... it is a crowd. Of cops. nt. druidity33 Jan 2022 #25

Isn't there a word for that? Piasladic Jan 2022 #35

I agree that it looks like all police officers drmeow Jan 2022 #33

Looks like a huge super covid spreading event. Emile Jan 2022 #15

As police officers they are all vaxxed. nt okaawhatever Jan 2022 #29

Have you heard about the two New York Emile Jan 2022 #30

Yes I just read the story, but didn't know about her husband. The police okaawhatever Jan 2022 #31

this article is from Nov 1 druidity33 Jan 2022 #34

Where is this compassion and enthusiasm when it comes to rooting out bad cops??????????? DetlefK Jan 2022 #17

That crowd is ALL cops. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #18

RIP Officer Rivera Shellback Squid Jan 2022 #20

Sad. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #24

Yup... sad indeed. Lucid Dreamer Jan 2022 #26

Correct, because "bLuE mAn BaD" and rotten apples and so forth. No exceptions, ever. N/T Jedi Guy Jan 2022 #27

Yes, funny how prejudice is accepted so widely...depending on whom is being prejudged. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #28

Exactly 🙁 nt Raine Jan 2022 #32

So when a sanitation worker dies Piasladic Jan 2022 #36