Posted on 12/20/2014 6:30:24 PM PST by maggief
Attorney General Eric Holder condemned the “senseless” shooting of two New York City police Saturday, and pledged the full resources of the Justice Department to assist in the investigation of the ambush killings.
“This was an unspeakable act of barbarism, and I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of these two brave officers in the line of duty,” Holder said in a statement. “On behalf of all those who serve in the United States Department of Justice, I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the officers' loved ones and colleagues.”
A White House official confirmed that President Obama was briefed, and that White House officials will continue to monitor the situation.
New York City police commissioner William Bratton said earlier Saturday that the two officers, Wenjin Liu and Raphael Ramos, were shot without warning while sitting in their parked patrol car. The suspect, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, then ran to a nearby subway station and fatally shot himself. Bratton said Brinsley had shot his ex-girlfriend earlier Saturday in Baltimore, and posted messages to his social media accounts “which were very anti-police.”
The killings came amid criticism of the New York City police department following the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died when police officers arresting him for selling illegal cigarettes placed him in a chokehold.
A grand jury decided earlier this month not to indict officers in the death, just days after a similar panel in Ferguson, Mo., opted not to charge Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown.
The New York Post published a series of pictures reportedly from Brinsley’s Instagram page that references Brown and Garner and intimates plans to kill police officers in retaliation. The Instagram account is no longer active.
Al Sharpton, who has served as a spokesman for Garner’s family, condemned the shootings in a post to Twitter.
“I am outraged at the killing of 2 police officers in Brooklyn,” Sharpton said. “That is why we stress non violence as the only way to fight for justice.”
President Obama earlier this week signed an executive order establishing a task force dedicated to finding ways to improve relations between communities and their police forces, and Holder himself traveled around the country in recent weeks for a series of roundtable discussions on the subject.
Holder referenced that effort in his statement Saturday on the New York police shooting.
"Our nation must always honor the valor -- and the sacrifices -- of all law enforcement officers with a steadfast commitment to keeping them safe,” he said. “This means forging closer bonds between officers and the communities they serve, so that public safety is not a cause that is served by a courageous few, but a promise that's fulfilled by police officials and citizens working side by side."
Maybe a piece of Coke....
I haven't seen that one before. (So stolen....)
Black Muzzie on Asian and Latino hate crime! Big trouble for the race nuancers.
He’s already got so much blood on his hands, what’s a little more?
I agree. What I really want to say just might get me banned forever plus I was taught not to use that kind of language. This whole administration is barbaric. Guess I can say that.
Puhleze.
THESE MURDERS WERE HOLDER-APPROVED
and Holder-incited.
Where is our President????
You know, the one who says the feelings of the anti-cop protesters are understandable?
The one who calls a press conference to say the police acted stupidly five minutes after an event without knowing any of the facts?
THAT President?
Where the f*** is he, with his big mouth, tonight?
Officers are dead. Shooter is dead.
Now Holder acts. What an incredible decisive man.
What someone should investigate is how much blame Obama, he, Al Sharpton, and Jessie Jackson should have heaped on them.
FU Erik Holder!
Which, in "black" parlance, means they were "white".
No, Mr. Holder, this was murder as a result of your racist hate speech and lies.
You and your damned boss did this, bastards.
More like race traitors.
They have incited violence against the police. Press charges.
I hope there’s such a show of police at their services like none seen before. And DeBlasion, Sharpton, Holder, etc are asked NOT to come.
bajan
He “resigned” a couple months ago, didn’t he? He’s just not gone. LIAR. CRIMINAL.
Please include rioting and looting.
Look for the same fast and furious response the DOJ displayed with respect to the death of Brian Terry
Lets not forget 0bama’s friends, Bill Ayers and Dohrn, who with the other Weathermen killed a Brinks security guard and two police officers
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