Despite Urging from NYPD Commish, Cops Turn Backs to De Blasio at Officer’s Funeral

According to reports from the scene, scores of NYPD officers again turned their backs to Mayor Bill de Blasio at the funeral for slain officer Wenjian Liu Sunday morning. This was despite a memo from Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urging officers not to repeat the performance from the last week’s memorial for Rafael Ramos.

Ramos and Liu were murdered in an ambush-style shooting three weeks ago in Bedstuy, an incident that inflamed tensions between the department and City Hall. Yestersay officers saluted de Blasio and Bratton at Liu’s wake.

It was unclear how many officers turned their backs. View photos from the scene below:

NYPD turns it's backs on Mayor DeBlasio again. pic.twitter.com/wZY255p6Tf

— Anne Thompson (@annenbcnews) January 4, 2015

Despite request by #WenjianLiu's widow, thousands of NYPD cops turn backs on Mayor de Blasio as he speaks at funeral pic.twitter.com/sKpMry2Tn3

— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) January 4, 2015

MT @AlwaysActions: Hundreds of NYPD officers turn backs to Bill de Blasio as he eulogizes #WenjianLiu pic.twitter.com/PJk1hHJ9ri @NewsOnTheMin

— NYC EMS Website (@NYCEMSwebsite) January 4, 2015

At the funeral for fallen #NYPD Det. Liu. some, but not all, officers turned their backs when Mayor De Blasio spoke. pic.twitter.com/RoZTscJTfV

— lorenzo ferrigno (@lorenzoferrigno) January 4, 2015

Watch de Blasio’s speech below:

[Image via screengrab]

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