Posted on 12/27/2014 10:47:52 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
A sea of blue flooded the streets around a Queens church Saturday morning -- thousands of police waiting to pay respects for one of two New York officers who lost their lives in the line of duty last weekend.
More than 25,000 police officers attended Christ Tabernacle church in the Glendale neighborhood for the funeral of Rafael Ramos, the New York City police officer murdered one week ago.
Vice President Joe Biden, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio are among those in attendance.
During the service, Bratton announced he was appointing Ramos to an honorary NYPD chaplain. Also, he posthumously promoted Ramos and his slain partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, to detectives first grade....
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I hope this is truly the end of al sharpton
I hope the entire NYPD realize that this guy is the enemy
and do absolutely NOTHING to protect him in the future .
look the other way
Cops get overtime, tenure, and can retire in 20 yrs with the overtime counted. They are above the law in many cases and can be promoted easier than teachers..
He was due to graduate at 4pm the day he was murdered.
He WAS a chaplain.
Nope, there is no tenure for cops. And teachers get overtime too, which also counts toward retirement.
How very liberal of you; responding based on pure emotion.
Most of us don’t get such considerations when we pass. If it is their contracts, fine; otherwise, you cough up the money.
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