The slain police officers: Rafael Ramos, 40, left, and Wenjian Liu, 32.
Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, 28, shot his girlfriend in Baltimore on Saturday morning then traveled 190 miles to Brooklyn where he fired a fatal round of bullets at recently-married officer Wenjian Liu and father-of-one Rafael Ramos - before turning the gun on himself.
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Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, 28, shot his girlfriend in Baltimore on Saturday morning then traveled 190 miles to Brooklyn where he fired a fatal round of bullets at recently-married officer Wenjian Liu and father-of-one Rafael Ramos - before turning the gun on himself.
According to witnesses, Brinsley walked out of a home with a gun in his hand at 3pm, crept up behind the officers' patrol car, and systematically shot both men in the head through the passenger window.
He then walked to the Myrtle/Willoughby G train subway station where he shot himself in the head.
It came two hours after he posted a picture of a gun on Instagram with the chilling message: 'I'm Putting Wings On Pigs Today. They Take 1 Of Ours... Let's Take 2 of Theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGardner (sic) #RIPMikeBrown. This May Be My Final Post. I'm Putting Pigs In A Blanket.'
Tragically, Baltimore police had tried to apprehend Brinsley by alerting the NYPD after his morning shooting - but by the time a wanted flyer was issued, his attack was already under way.
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One of Brinsley's friends, Paul Yawney, told DailyMail.com the alleged shooter is a rapper who took part in the recent anti-police protests.
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A petition for de Blasio's resignation has already amassed more than 5,000 signatures.
Harry Houck, a retired NYPD detective, went on CNN to attack both de Blasio and Al Sharpton.
'I guess Al Sharpton got what he wanted,' said Houck of the civil rights leader.
Houck then attacked the Mayor for not supporting the leadership in the police department, saying that he should not show up at the funeral or these two officers.
Furthermore, he said Saturday's killings were inevitable as the protesters wanted to 'take out a cop for Eric Garner.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882105/Two-New-York-police-officers-shot-Brooklyn.html
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, 'crept up behind car and shot officers in the head'
Officers were shot dead in their patrol car today in Bedford Stuyvesant area
Claims suspect walked up behind patrol car and opened fire in 'execution'
Police are thought to have pursued him into subway, where he shot himself
Investigators reportedly investigating social media posts explaining death
Man posted that he was going to take 2 NYPD lives in revenge for Garner
By MIA DE GRAAF and KIERAN CORCORAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:58 EST, 20 December 2014 | UPDATED: 21:27 EST, 20 December 2014
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The tragic heroes were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill in Bedford-Stuyvesant when they were shot point-blank in the head by the lone gunman, identified by sources as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who had addresses in Georgia and Brooklyn.
Moments after killing the two officers, he too was dead, having turned the gun on himself on a nearby subway platform as cops closed in.
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Brinsley was a fugitive who had just murdered his girlfriend in Baltimore Saturday morning, sources told The Post.
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City Council President Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio were less than welcome guests at the poignant gathering.
“We’re all in this together,” the mayor told grieving cops, according to a cop who was there.
“No we’re not,” one officer said tersely in response.
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Brinsley has a criminal record dating back to at least 2006, when he was arrested in Georgia for carrying a concealed weapon, a knife, as well as shoplifting, according to online records.
The next year he was nabbed in Dekalb County., Ga., for criminal trespass, and by 2009, he was indicted in Ohio for robbery — a charge that was later apparently dismissed.
In 2011, the shooter was arrested again in Georgia for reckless conduct, tampering with evidence, criminal property damage, and discharging his weapon.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/
Gunman kills self after 2 NYPD cops fatally shot ‘execution style’ as ‘revenge’ for Garner
By Larry Celona, Kevin Fasick, Jamie Schram and Laura Italiano
New York Post
December 20, 2014 | 4:07pm
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http://pix11.com/2014/12/20/video-nypd-officers-turn-away-from-mayor-de-blasio-as-he-enters-police-presser/
VIDEO: NYPD officers turn away from Mayor de Blasio as he enters police presser for murdered cops
POSTED 8:23 PM, DECEMBER 20, 2014, BY ALYSSA ZAUDERER, UPDATED AT 09:21PM, DECEMBER 20, 2014
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vid turn backs
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Hundreds have taken to social media to say that de Blasio has 'blood on his hands' and should 'be charged with murder' after the two men were killed 'execution style' in Brooklyn.
What's more, many feel that de Blasio should not attend the officers' funerals, this after many members of the NYPD signed a petition asking that the Mayor not attend their service should they be killed in the line of duty in light of his recent actions.
This as hundreds of NYPD members turned their backs on de Blasio as he entered a news conference Saturday afternoon.
These same officers later lined the streets outside the Woodhull medical Center and silently saluted as the bodies of the two slain officers were taken away.
Pat Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said in a statement; 'That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall in the office of the Mayor.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882169/Bill-Blasio-charged-murder-Hundreds-attack-New-York-City-Mayor-having-blood-hands-two-police-officers-ambushed-killed.html
Police officers turn their backs on New York Mayor Bill at press conference on the execution of two cops as he is accused of having 'blood on his hands' over anti-police sentiments
Hundreds are attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio, President Barack Obama and Al Sharpton after the murder of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday
Many are saying that Mayor de Blasio has 'blood on his hands' and 'should be charged with murder'
Retired NYPD detective Harry Houck told CNN, 'I guess Al Sharpton got what he wanted'
A Move On petition demanding that Mayor de Blasio resign already has thousands of signatures
Sharpton has released a statement saying, 'We plan to hold a press conference in the morning to express our outrage and our condolences to the families and the police department'
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said, 'De Blasio, Sharpton and all those who encouraged this anti-cop, racist mentality all have blood on their hands'
Hundreds of officers lined the street at the Woodhull medical Center and silently saluted as the bodies of the two police officers were driven away Saturday evening
By CHRIS SPARGO FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 17:56 EST, 20 December 2014 | UPDATED: 22:10 EST, 20 December 2014
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“They were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniforms,” Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said at a news conference on the death of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
They were murdered outside 98 Tompkins Ave., both in full uniform while sitting in their patrol car. Ramos was in the drivers seat and Liu was in the front seat beside him.
According to Bratton, the killer, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, took a shooting stance and fired his weapon several times through front passenger window. They never had the change to draw the weapons. They may never had seen their assailant.
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Saturday morning, Brinsley shot his former girlfriend and seriously wounded her in the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mill.
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At 2:45 Baltimore Police sent a warning flier to NYPD, but it didn’t come in time. This was at the same time as the ambush and murder happened. “The tragedy here was that just as the warning was coming in, the murder was occurring,” Bratton said.
http://pix11.com/2014/12/20/breaking-2-nypd-officers-shot-in-brooklyn/
‘They were quite simply assassinated:’ 2 NYPD officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn ambush
POSTED 3:47 PM, DECEMBER 20, 2014
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As news begins to trickle out on Ishmael Abdullah Brinsley, the shooter who murdered two NYPD cops today execution-style, it has been discovered that Brinsley posted on his Facebook account a page of the Quran with a notorious verse calling for waging terror on Allah’s enemies.
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Quran 8:60 says:
Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.
The title for Suran 8 is “Al-Anfal,” “The Spoils of War.” A segment of this same verse is used by the Muslim Brotherhood in their logo directly beneath the two swords, “And make ready…”:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/12/20/cop-killer-ishmael-brinsley-posted-quranic-verse-and-strike-terror-into-their-hearts/
Cop Killer Ishmael Brinsley Posted Quranic Verse: ‘And Strike Terror Into Their Hearts’
PATRICK POOLE
December 20, 2014 - 4:31 pm
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