Widow Pei Xia Chen clutches the folded flag of slain New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu as his casket departs his funeral in the Brooklyn borough of New York on January 4. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio appealed for reconciliation on Sunday in his eulogy for the second of two police officers murdered last month, two deaths that led to accusations the mayor had contributed to an anti-police climate.
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New York Police Department (NYPD) officers carry the casket of Officer Liu during his funeral. A sea of blue-uniformed officers crowded around a Brooklyn funeral home to honor Liu, 32, who was shot in the head with partner Rafael Ramos, 40, on December 20, 2014, as the pair sat in their patrol car. The brutal double-slaying at the hands of a black gunman claiming to be avenging the deaths of African-Americans during confrontations with police shocked the nation’s largest city.
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Law enforcement officers stand, with some turning their backs, as Mayor de Blasio speaks on a monitor outside the funeral for Officer Liu.
Pei Xia Chen (C), widow of Officer Liu, cries as she holds a picture of her husband during his funeral.
Law enforcement officers stand, with some turning their backs, as Mayor de Blasio speaks on a monitor outside the funeral for Officer Liu.
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Officer Liu’s widow clutches a photo of her slain husband as his casket departs his funeral.
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Police officers listen to a closed-circuit simulcast of Officer Liu’ss funeral.
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