[Epoch Times January 31, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Shi Ping New York reported) On January 28, New York City policeman Jason Rivera died at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. ) held a grand funeral, and tens of thousands of uniformed NYPD police officers turned the streets near the church into a “dark blue ocean”; countless citizens also crowded the nearby streets to watch the young police officer leave .
Many Chinese watched the rare gathering of New York police last Friday on the Internet. They believe that people must be conscientious. In a society with poor security, everyone may become a victim of crime. Citizens should respect and thank the police who defend their citizens with their lives every day.
One New York woman took to Twitter to complain about the inconvenience caused by the blockade near the cathedral because of a funeral.
The girl named Jacqueline Guzman played a video on Twitter sent on the 28th, in which she said, “We don’t need to seal most of lower Manhattan because of a 22 Year-old police officers died abnormally at work, but police officers kill people under 22 every day for no apparent reason, and we don’t shut down the city (streets) for those people.”
The man also swears, “This is ridiculous… What if someone in this area suffers from a heart attack, and there is no one to help, the road will be closed just because a policeman dies!”
Guzman’s tweet was refuted by countless people, including Chinese citizens.
Brooklyn community activist Zhou Guodong said road closures are the norm in New York City, and they are closed whenever there are crowds.
“What’s more, this matter is very important. So many people attended the funeral, which shows that New Yorkers agree that the death of the police is a sad thing. And tens of thousands of people attending the funeral are also our dissatisfaction and demonstrations against the law and order. A very important thing.”
He said the girl’s thoughts were not accidental, they represented the people who demanded defunding the police all day long.
“Many of these people have private security, they need their own safety, but they don’t care about the safety of others; and her point of view is not the needs of the community, we citizens need the protection of the police.”
He Zhe, a citizen who has lived in New York for 25 years, said that among the previous New York mayors he has seen, the Giuliani period was the safest.
“He gave the police the right to do their jobs. If the police’s hands and feet are tied up with various laws and policies as they are now, the police will have to be beaten, the bad guys will rule, and the people will suffer in the end.”
He Zhe said that of course he is in favor of holding a grand funeral for the deceased policeman. “I will also attend when I am at the scene.” He said, “Every citizen should think about how many police officers are in New York, and how many citizens plus tourists are. People, how many people a policeman protects with his life every day.”
He slammed people like Guzman for “having no gratitude, no humanity, and no conscience”; “In a society with poor security, no one can guarantee that they will not encounter criminals one day.”
Guzmán, an actress at a film and television company, was fired from her company immediately after she made the above anti-police remarks.
Mr. Lee, who came to New York from the West, said he watched the funeral of the deceased police officer at home and saw many police officers crying as Rivera’s widow spoke.
“A policeman so young died just after he went to work, shouldn’t he still be mourned? All these ideas of hatred against police are made by those ultra-left liberals. Like the West, where stealing $950 without filing a case, which country can be so absurd? What?” he said, “I think you should be arrested for stealing a dollar, because that’s a crime.”
Dominique Luzuriaga, who only married Rivera last October, fondly recalled at the funeral Rivera’s life with each other and her nightmares over the past week, slamming claims of “misdemeanor not indictment” Newly appointed Manhattan Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“Even though you are no longer here, I want you to continue to live on me,” Luzurija said. “This system has failed us. We are no longer safe, not even police members. I know you hate it. These laws, especially the new district attorney. I hope he’s watching you go through what I’m saying right now.”
He Zhe suggested, “If the city pays hundreds or tens of millions to criminals at every turn, then the city should pay $100 million in compensation to every police officer who died; and they should make bronze statues and place them in a conspicuous place like Times Square. place”.
He also said that whether it is a political party or a politician, as long as you want to think about the common people, then you must “every day and day by day” attack those political parties and policies that protect criminals, so that criminals can be punished and the common people can be protected.
On January 21 (Friday), Rivera, who only joined the New York Police Department in 2020, received a 911 call and was shot in the face by a gangster in an apartment building in Harlem, Manhattan, and died that night; fellow 27-year-old Mo Wilbert Mora also died of his injuries on the 25th. The latter’s funeral will be held on February 1.
Responsible editor: Zheng Hua