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Tensions have increased between new york police and mayor bill de blasio. but yesterdays shootings caused tensions to reach a boiling point. officers turned their backs on the mayor as he walked through the hospital to take part in a news conference following yesterdays shootings. they say de blasio threw them under the bus after the garner decision when he said he was, quote, astonished by the decision, unquote. and that instructed his biracial son to, quote, take special care, unquote, during ...

People who were listening. >> i would like to thank all those who have shared their sympathy and support for our beloved family member, raphael ramos who will always be loved and missed by many. i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of lives that have occurred so that we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful co-existence. we would like to extend our condolences to the liu family also. thank you. >> ramos leaves behind so many loving family members including t...

York city are calling the shooting deaths of two police officers. they say officer raphael ramos, on the right, and officer wenjian liu were killed while sitting in their patrol car in a brooklyn neighborhood. heres andy rose with more. >> they were quite simply assassinated. >> reporter: two new york city police officers are dead following an ambush saturday afternoon. police commissioner william bratton says officer wenjian liu and rafael ramos were shot while they sat in their patrol car in b...

Brooklyn, new york city. both officers were assigned to the 84 precinct but were posted at this location as part of the department crime reduction strategy to address complaints of violence in the area of the housing developments in that area. officer ramos was in the driver seat and officer liu was in the front passenger set bee side him. according to witness statements, the suspect was identified as 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley walked up to the car. he took a shooting stance on the passenger ...

Candlelight vigil in memory of the new york police officers. thats wenjin liu and raphael ramos. i was out there. we were both out there. organizers have extended this invitation to all new yorkers, correct? everyone? >> reporter: thats right. and what were starting to see right now, as you coop san see, thick crowd behind me, all day long, lighting and leaving candles, putting out flowers, putting out messages of hope, peace, remembrance for two officers who were gunned down here just a day ago...

Officers after posting cryptic messages on social media. >> we are live in bed-stuy tonight at the scene of the shooting. >> this execution style shooting of these two police officers which happened just over here has stunned everyone and it happened just as the nypd was receiving a warning from the baltimore police department that a gunman was on his way here determined to kill cops. >> today two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning. >> police officers raphael ramos and winj...

Bratton. now visibly shaken, he laid out the chilling details of the moments when the officers were gunned down. >> they are two of new yorks finest. they were shot and killed. no warning. no provication. they were quite simply assassinated. targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. approximately 2:47 p.m. today, police officers wenjin liu and rafael ramos were assigned to a critical response vehicle, crvs as we refer to them, in th...

Family of the fallen. well, police in central france are sorting through a chaotic attack after a man entered a police station in a suburb of tours and stabbed three police officers. reports say he was shouting "god is great" in arabic before a different officer shot and killed him. the attacker was known as a common criminal, a french citizen born in burundi. cnns affiliate bf mtv are checking whether islamic radicalism played a role. police in australia have charged a 37-year-old mother wi...

A man approached an nypd patrol car from the rear and fired into the window fatally wounding both officers. the secretary of homeland security was there with the police commissioner. >> this has got to be every cops worst nightmare. weve all got to show support for the law enforcement, and this is a tough day for the nypd. and thats why im here to show support for the men and women of the new york city police department today. >> the short time ago, family members and friends of one of the slain...

Shot dead for being a police officer. everyone says they hate cops but theyre the people you can call for help. i will always love you and will never forget you, rip, dad." we heard from ramos family members. we havent heard from wenjin lius family members. we know little about him at this point other than he was a member of the force for 7 1/2 years and recently been married two years ago. so many police officers in new york, martin, grieving the loss of their colleagues. bill bratton giving a ...