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NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill’s voice quivered as he delivered an impassioned eulogy at the service. He addressed Familia’s children directly, saying, “Nothing I can say will bring your mom back. I’m sorry for that. But I can make you this promise. Your mom didn’t die in vain. Your mom’s legacy will never fade from the importance of memory.”

“Hate has consequences,” O’Neill said, and he called Familia’s death a “dishonor to civilized society.”

He said officers like Familia made a “selfless decision” to fight crime and protect strangers, but “not one of us ever agreed to be murdered in an act of indefensible hate.”

O’Neill also took aim at protesters and the media for criticism of police officers. “Where are the demonstrations for the single mom who cared for her elderly mother and three children?” he asked to a thunderous, extended ovation from the assembled police officers at the church and on the boulevard outside. “There is anger and sorrow, but why is there no outrage?”

More applause erupted as O’Neill gave a posthumous promotion to the officer, who was killed early Wednesday, shortly after the Fourth of July holiday ended.