De Blasio, Bratton mark year since 2 officers were slain
Accompanied by the sounds of bagpipes and sobs, city officials, family members and police on Sunday honored the lives of two officers who were shot to death a year ago while in their cruiser.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton dedicated two bronze plaques inscribed with the names of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos outside the entrance of Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct. The officers were killed on Dec. 20, 2014.
Ramos, 40, a father of two, and the recently married Liu, 32, “were faithful to all that is good,” Bratton said. “These memorial plaques will be mounted in the station house for all times, so that anyone that enters this station house will be reminded of their sacrifice.”