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Thousands of New York City Police Department officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he spoke at slain officer Miosotis Familia’s funeral Tuesday.
48-year-old Familia was writing in her memo book early last Wednesday when a man walked up to the police vehicle where she was sitting and fired.
The man, Alexander Bonds, was shot dead by police soon after the attack.
She was a 12-year veteran of the force.
Officers lined the streets and 25,000 mourners attended from across the country.
When de Blasio began to speak at Familia’s funeral, thousands of officers turned their back to the mayor.
De Blasio is speaking at #MiosotisFamilia funeral. Cops have begun to turn their backs on him.
— Gloria Pazmino (@GloriaPazmino) July 11, 2017
Some cops turn backs on @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio at NYPD’s Familia funeral, reminiscent of what happened at funerals for Ramos, Liu pic.twitter.com/fwnu7vwFTI
— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) July 11, 2017
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Good for them!!! The mayor has shown that he ha no respect for the Police.
Well they feel that die blaziyo turned his back on them