New York City police turned out in the thousands on Sunday for the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu, the second of two officers murdered last month, but in a sign of persistent tensions with Mayor Bill de Blasio, hundreds turned their backs when he delivered his eulogy.
As de Blasio approached the podium to speak, large groups of officers disobeyed direct orders from Commissioner William Bratton not to repeat the behavior that occurred during the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos in December.
+ Bratton sent a clear message to members of his department on Friday: "A hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance."
+ Widow Pei Xia Chen: “We spoke about work often and how much respect he had for the law, how he applied the law … with courtesy, with respect and with the highest professionalism.”
+ Mic's Zeeshan Aleem: The NYPD is trying to spite New York City officials by cutting down on arrests as part of a "work stoppage" — but they're exposing a big weakness in "broken windows" policing in the process.
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