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Mayor, VP to speak at slain NYPD officer's funeral
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 27, 2014 | JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE BALSAMO

Posted on 12/27/2014 6:17:33 AM PST by artichokegrower

Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral Saturday of a police officer shot to death along with his partner in a brazen daylight ambush that shook the city and put an end to large-scale local protests criticizing police following a series of high-profile deaths in police custody.

Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Bill de Blasio are expected to speak at the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos, who was described Friday during an eight-hour wake attended by thousands of police officers from across the country as a selfless, caring and compassionate man.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; andrewcuomo; biden; billdeblasio; chirlanemccray; cuomo; deblasio; murderedcopsfuneral; newyork; newyorkcity; nypd
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This should be interesting. De Blasio won't be able to hold the written copy of his speech because of the blood on his hands and Biden can't speak because he is a moron.
1 posted on 12/27/2014 6:17:33 AM PST by artichokegrower
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They should turn their backs to him.


2 posted on 12/27/2014 6:19:21 AM PST by novemberslady
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I sure hope VP Biden doesn’t ask officer Ramos to stand up and take a bow.


3 posted on 12/27/2014 6:21:53 AM PST by ImNotLying
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where’s Al?
the mayor needs to be asked


4 posted on 12/27/2014 6:23:38 AM PST by dontreadthis
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Shouldn’t Sharpton be taking a bow for his people?

Pray America is waking


5 posted on 12/27/2014 6:26:52 AM PST by bray (Sharpton is a murderer)
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To: novemberslady

Roger that. Except they should turn their backs to bill de blah blah and shotgun joe. (How many do you suppose voted for da boaf of dem?)


6 posted on 12/27/2014 6:28:21 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Funerals for Democrats are the most disgusting displays. I would not them at my funeral!


7 posted on 12/27/2014 6:28:47 AM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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Biden is speaking? Because the President is on vacation?

I guess another insult to the American people and law enforcement should have been expected.


8 posted on 12/27/2014 6:29:09 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Groupthink is torture. Arrest liberal college professors.)
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Biden? This is interesting, because Biden appears to have had very close ties to Di Blasio during his campaign. As I have pointed out numerous times, Biden and DiBlasio were seen being ushered into a townhouse on 5th Avenue belonging to George Soros in the months before the NYC mayoral election. They were accompanied by a Secret Service detail. Thus it appears that DiBlasio the mayor and Biden the VP are joined at the hip.

Aside from that, sending the vice president to this funeral is very much adding insult to injury -- not just because he's an insufferable idiot, but because he is very much a part of the Obama administration and is DiBlasio's political Daddy.

9 posted on 12/27/2014 6:30:48 AM PST by 9thLife
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I get it. This is a show of force (albeit a very lame one) by DiBlasio. It has nothing to do with honoring the deceased or the NYPD.


10 posted on 12/27/2014 6:33:10 AM PST by 9thLife
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Presumably the families of the officers control the funeral. If De Blasio and Biden speak, it will be because they were invited. My guess is that the families wanted a full-on state funeral, which would make it a city affair. That would make it harder to refuse the pols.


11 posted on 12/27/2014 6:36:22 AM PST by sphinx
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Pez head sharpton has been in close contact with his boss obama and holder especially with ferguson. He is the link to the other racist bastards in the whitehut who are souly responsible for the deaths of these to police officers and the racial turmoil and destruction we see today. Civilian and uniform alike should turn your back on them. I hope someone during thier heart felt bullsh## speech yells “where’s sharpton?”


12 posted on 12/27/2014 6:40:30 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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I put put the word out to the Mayor’s office that the funeral is not open but invitation only, that he is not welcome, that he will not be allowed in, that off-duty officers will be guarding the funeral area, and that if he tries to crash in his butt will be thrown out onto the sidewalk.


13 posted on 12/27/2014 6:53:12 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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I cannot figure people out. If Jesse james shot their father would they invite frank to speak at the funeral?


14 posted on 12/27/2014 6:56:29 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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If the pols want to attend, they will. It will all be arranged — with the right incentives to officials to “make it happen”. Politicians know how to manipulate things. Its what they do.


15 posted on 12/27/2014 6:57:42 AM PST by Starboard
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Boo and Hiss. rotten apples.

run them off the property.


16 posted on 12/27/2014 7:09:07 AM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: morphing libertarian

You can fool most of the people most of the time.


17 posted on 12/27/2014 7:18:56 AM PST by Starboard
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Fredo Biden is speaking now. I literally couldn’t listen for more than 10 seconds. The insincerity is obvious. Fredo ain’t as smart as he thinks he is. He can’t “handle stuff”.


18 posted on 12/27/2014 7:25:50 AM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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I’m with you. I hope they do turn their backs.

I’d love to see a giant photo of it on all newspapers
and a utube video.


19 posted on 12/27/2014 7:26:53 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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I was really hoping the family would have stepped in and not allowed this grandstanding by the mayor and Biden. The only people who have a right to say anything at this funeral is the family and friends who knew the officer.


20 posted on 12/27/2014 8:34:20 AM PST by uptowngirl
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