New York NYPD's Wenjian Liu remembered at funeral
[From article]
NYPD members saluted the coffin of slain cop Wenjian Liu Saturday, as other mourners bowed and lit incense in a somber wake that fused the department's tradition with Buddhist ritual.
The wake will be followed by a funeral at 11 a.m. Sunday, the second of two farewells for the officers shot and killed by a cop-hating assassin while sitting in a patrol car in Brooklyn on Dec. 20. The double-murder has led to a crisis in Mayor Bill de Blasio's relationship with rank-and-file police.
Police from as far as Los Angeles and New Orleans were among those who lined up around the block for Liu's wake, which also drew mourners from the city's Asian-American communities.
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Los Angeles Police Department Officer Hannu Tarjamo said he and about 20 LAPD officers flew in Friday night to support the NYPD.
"When it happens here, it happens to us," he said. "It's an act of savagery that should be condemned by society."
Liu, who moved to the United States with his parents when he was a teenager, is the first Chinese-American NYPD officer slain in the line of duty.
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/wenjian-liu-s-wake-draws-police-politicians-to-brooklyn-1.9770004
Wake held for Wenjian Liu, second slain NYPD officer
Updated January 3, 2015 9:26 PM
By WILL JAMES, NICOLE FULLER, MATTHEW CHAYES, MARIA ALVAREZ AND DARRAN SIMON
lidesk (at) newsday.com
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