After two police officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were fatally shot, New York City's mayor Bill De Blasio delivered a eulogy at Liu's funeral. As he began his speech, numerous police officers (those that stood outside of the funeral) turned their backs to show their disapproval for the mayor and the way he has been handling anti-police protests. De Blasio increased the tensions between citizens and police officers by showing support for the protesters of Eric Garner's death.
De Blasio began talking to the general public about this tragic logic and how Liu contributed to the workforce and his life as a police officer; "Detective Wenjian Liu was a good man, he walked a path of courage, a path of sacrifice, and a path of kindness". He then directs his attention to Liu’s wife and offers his condolences to both her and the police officers that served with Liu. De Blasio uses Liu’s lifestyle as an example of someone who was living the “American Dream”. He continues by mentioning Buddha and how that impacted the lifestyle of Liu and that others should follow his example (not necessarily with Buddha).
De Blasio contradicts himself because in his eulogy he describes how hard a police officer’s job his and that it’s devastating when one is lost but he told his son to pretty much be careful around police officers.
De Blasio began talking to the general public about this tragic logic and how Liu contributed to the workforce and his life as a police officer; "Detective Wenjian Liu was a good man, he walked a path of courage, a path of sacrifice, and a path of kindness". He then directs his attention to Liu’s wife and offers his condolences to both her and the police officers that served with Liu. De Blasio uses Liu’s lifestyle as an example of someone who was living the “American Dream”. He continues by mentioning Buddha and how that impacted the lifestyle of Liu and that others should follow his example (not necessarily with Buddha).
De Blasio contradicts himself because in his eulogy he describes how hard a police officer’s job his and that it’s devastating when one is lost but he told his son to pretty much be careful around police officers.