Just a job to provide for myself and his parents, but a career that he enjoyed and more importantly passionate about it even though he spent a lot of hours working, he was always love for his work. We spoke about the law and how he applied the law. He was objective in his determination of the law with courtesy, we areith respect and with the highest professionism. Although he worked often, he always took time to spend with me his number one fan and his pamly and friends. He was always there when somebody needed something. When wenjian was not working, he
cared a lot for the chinese community. He wanted to always do his best to help and support. The very community that he was part of wenjians kind heart loved by his friend and colleagues and our extended family ha isthat is here today. The caring son, a loving husband and a loyal friend. You are an amazing man even though you left us early, but i believe that he will have his loving spirit to continue to look out for us. He will keep an
and bottom of the hour now. welcome back everyone. i m debraorah feyerickraorah feyerick here in new york. you re looking at live pictures of the brooklyn funeral home where thousands are gathering to say their final good-byes to officer wenjian liu, one of two officers ambushed and killed by a lone gunman in the streets of new york city. in just about half an hour liu will be laid to rest in a private funeral in brooklyn. this was the scene yesterday as police officers lined the streets during a private wake. the line outside two blocks long. among those who attended mayor bill dede blasio police commissioner bill bratton and the governor andrew cuomo. as the community prepare to say good-bye both officers are being remembereds a men who loved their community and loved their job. cnn s randi kaye has more. reporter: they were partners on patrol. officer wenjian liu was a
that we didn t call him wenjian but we called him joe. this is a family that arrived here 20 years ago from china and has become fully american family as we wait for the only son of this family wenjian liu to make his way out of the funeral home here in brooklyn. dana. absolutely heartbreaking to watch and think about. and while we are weight, werare waiting, we want to go to another portion of the funeral home and hear from the new york police commissioner bill bratton and hear what he had to say. officer liu believed in the possibility of making a safer world. all cops do. it is why we do what we do. and it is why we run towards danger when others run away. we believe in the possibility of keeping disorder controlled.
blasio and the anger that he has apparently incited among these many of the cops the reason most recently is the reason that he taught his biracial son how to handle whether when he is approached by a police officer, because he would be approached differently, because of the color of his skin. and sara, that is what sparked the people turning their backs on him when he spoke last week and to a much lesser extent just this morning. reporter: that is right, dana and some say it goes back to his opposition of stop and frisk when he was running for mayor. and being here, and not just here for the wake yesterday and the funeral today, but going back a few weeks to the very public memorial site in brooklyn sorry, sara, i am sorry to