Posted on 12/28/2014 2:55:41 PM PST by lee martell
Reyes funeral was attended by 20-something THOUSAND cops alone! THAT guarantees a spectacle.
RAMOS! Dang it...
We lost some fire fighters not too many years ago. The procession through this little town went on for miles. It’s just how it is.
20,000 police attendees. Wow. Good.
As it should be. We need them today just as we did 100 years ago. To do this sort of public service requires the will to prioritize and to knowingly compromise one’s personal safety if need be
Not to nitpick, but I heard there were 25,000 police officers in attendance. The sea of cops outside the church is said to have been six blocks long.
Here in Maine, a number of police officers travelled to New York City for the funeral.
More is better. I was just going with a number mentioned in the earlier post.
For all I know, we had local officers there. When I was in the gym the other day, some of the county-seat police officers were talking about threats made against their department, and other weight-lifting guys were saying, in effect, “If TSHTF, we’re all Monroe PD.”
It’s a heavily armed area. I don’t think Monroe PD has anything to worry about.
“I was just going with a number mentioned in the earlier post.”
Yeah, I said “20 something” thousand because I couldn’t remember if it was 23 or 27 thousand. It was HUGE BEFORE we add in the public.
Condolences for the fallen and their families, but asking about who pays for all of this is a fair question, too, and how many are paid to be there or have their travel and accommodations paid for.
I doubt any government would be interested in financing big funerals for those in far more dangerous public service jobs (based on death rates), like convenience store clerks.
Just another sign of the separation of government employees from the people who work (and often die) to support our outsized government.
Good.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-police-officer-charles-kondek-killed-duty-remembered-funeral-n275551
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