Final Salute to NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia
A sea of officers gathered for the sixth time in less than three years to say their final goodbyes to NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia Tuesday morning in the Bronx.
Held in the World Changers Church, the former Loews Paradise Theater, over 4,000 mourners filled the old movie house. The packed funeral marked the 12th anniversary of Familia’s NYPD swearing-in. The serve began at 10 a.m with a chorus singing “Amazing Grace,” with a video of flashing photos of Familia with her three children and family as a large photo situated of the officer smiling.
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill called the violence against police officer a “dishonor to civilized society.”
"That is why violence against the police
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Because, Miosotis was wearing a uniform? Because it was her job? I simply do not accept that. Miosotis was targeted, ambushed and assassinated. She wasn’t given a chance to defend herself. That should matter to every single person her can hear my voice in New York City and beyond.”
He also called the perp who killed Familia a
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Familia is the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty since 9/11.
During the eulogy, O’Neill posthumously promoted Familia to the rank of first-grade detective, a tradition endowed within the NYPD after a cop is killed in the line of duty
After O’Neill remarks, Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke, but outside officers led a silent protest ,turning their backs or completely ignoring his speech that was overheard from the public address system. The anger stemmed from the mayor running to Germany to join protesters at the G20 summit, a day after Familia was executed.
“The mayor is the compass for the City of New York,” Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, said before the funeral. “And unfortunately, when a police officer got killed, his compass led him to Germany rather than here on the Grand Concourse. He should have been here with the family and he should have been there with us.”
SBA President said he was not surprised with officers public display of anger towards the