a moment of silence is planned at city hall at 2:47. that's the moment the shooting took place on saturday. at the same time we're getting new video this morning. the first shows the alleged gunman, right there, ismaaiyl brinsley just before he ambushed those officer ls. the second video shows the chaotic moments just after brinsley opens fire on tovrpmpkins avenue. on monday mayor de blasio said the focus needs to remain on the victims. >> i'm asking everyone and this is across the spectrum to put aside protests put aside demonstrations until these funerals are passed let's focus just on these families and what they have lost. >> union president pat lynch agreed that the back and forth should wait until after the
posted on officers on social media. detectives try to sort through which ones are serious and credible. you remember the shooter has posted threats against police officers on social media. because of these threats, the department plans to increase security around the times square ball drop that happens this new year's eve. the sister and aunt of the gunman who shot the nypd officers is now speaking out. ismaaiyl brinsley, who shot himself as police closed in, and his family members say they are grieving for themselves and for the families of the dead police officers and they insist that despite brinsley's tirades on social media, the shootings stem from his emotional troubles, not political motive. >> i feel badly for the families. we give our condolences to the families. >> we are grieving and we are very sorry. >> this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled, emotionally
handguns? and why is it that we are still dealing with these challenges in our civil society. what we have the tools for prevention. >> right. >> there's a lot to unpack here. >> including crime and punishment, which is what the family, if they're account of brinsley's background is true 19 time times. he's been suicidal. severe mental health issues, and caught in the resolving door of the prison system. their claim he wasn't getting help >>well, you know, it's about reforming these systems that we have. they're all antiquated we're in the 21st century. we're dealing with how we transform the remnants of broken systems. and i think that this is a moment where we will merge from this having understood whatnot fixing it can mean in a civil society. >> and fixing the relationship, not just with de blasio and the police department here.
stop theirboro tests. there have been weeks of protests over police tactics. de blasio's critics say he calls the death of the officers by supporting the protests. >> reporter: ismaaiyl brinsley was full of failure. broken relationships and run-ins with police. career criminal, a troubled individual and clearly deeply emotionally troubled past. >> after bouncing from address to dress as a teen he leaves a new jersey high school in tenth grade and drifts according to "the new york times." traces of his troubles over the years are found in police reports that spread from georgia to ohio. in the last ten years, brinsley is arrested at least 19 times. in a 2013 police incident report he assaults his five months'
justice system should be asking? not us. >> brinsley's family says he leaves behind two children. an infant and 5-year-old. in milwaukee, more protests after a district attorney decides not to charge a white police officer in the charge of shooting and killing a mentally ill black man. george howell has more. >> reporter: protesters in downtown milwaukee here at red arrow park. all this in response for a police officer not charged for fatally shooting a mentally ill man more than a dozen times in april. when officer confronted hamilton in the park. a report of a man sleeping in the park. the two got into a confrontation. hamilton grabbed his baton and struck him. that is when the officer claims
manhattan were chanting, what do we want? dead cops. when do we want it? now. are these videos responsible for the deaths of the two police officers in new york city? >> well, there is definitely a cause and connection. while brinsley may have acted on his own psychosis, we cannot deny that when we have unbridled reaction and negative reaction toward law enforcement. when we're asking for them to be killed. when we're asking, we have hash tags that say kill a cop, it will have that result of i think it is incumbent of those in charge of the protest to do so in respect of the first amendment. we have the right to protest. just like you can't yell fire in a theater, you really should not be able to yell kill a cop on a street in america. and get away with it. >> so let me go to you.
anti-police atmosphere that got ramos and liu killed. the mayor said the head of the ununion who said de blasio had blood on his hands is mistaken. he said he respected the right of the 35,000 sworn officers in the nypd to have lots of different opinions. bill bratton supported the mayor on that point saying, quote, can you point out to me one mayor that has not been battling with the police union in the last 50 years. the investigation continues even though ismaaiyl brinsley is dead because officials say families have the rate to know. and there is new video to report. it was taken at a shopping area in brooklyn not far from the scene about three hours before the shooting took place. authorities want to find out what brinsley was doing for that time before the shooting to make sure that there were no other accomplices. they are asking others in the public for help and also we're hearing from the widow of one of
demonstration in harlem this afternoon. cnn's don lemon has the latest. >> reporter: christine, mayor de blasio pushed back at critics who say he is anti-police. the head of the police union who said de blasio had blood on his hands was wrong and mistaken. the mayor called for calm and civility and said he respected the right of the 35,000 sworn officers of the nypd to have lots of different opinions. police commissioner bill bratton supported the mayor saying, quote, can you point out to me one mayor that has not been battling with the police union in last 50 years? the investigation continues although ismaaiyl brinsley is dead because families have a right to know. there is video to report. just released from a shopping area in brooklyn about three hours before the shooting took
christmas with their family to some extent, if you would like to help them check out ncff-oww.com. we'll post this on facebook.com/t facebook.com/thekellyfile. merry christmas everybody. welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert. law enforcement officers all around the country are on high alert tonight after two nypd officers liu and ramos were assassinated on saturday afternoon as they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn, new york. now, they were gunned down in cold blood by this man 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley. he used the hash tags "shoot the police" and r.i.p. rest in peace michael brown. this may be my final post, i'm putting pigs in a blanket. just hours after the shooting this is what nypd police
pregnant ex-girlfriend and put his hand on the victim's forehead and hit the victim on the head with his head. in another report he opens fire on a woman's car. he later flees only to be arrested and charged with the crime. the list of police reports goes on and on. petty crimes to terroristic threats. his behavior over the years nothing short of erratic. he confirms to a judge he had once been a patient at a mental hospital. >> tried to commit suicide about a year ago. we got that from family members. seen here in this video just before the shooting. police say he used a plastic bag to carry a gun. beyond that few other details. 0 minutes outside of atlanta, brinsley's last known address. an acquaintance who didn't want to go on camera describes him as a mellow guy soft-spoken. a far different description of