ask for. it s horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a police officer. i will always love you and i will never forget you, rest in peace, dad. he was god he was god because the heart he had is uncompared to other people s heart. reporter: ramos cousin told the wall street journal that god was a priority in his life. 40-year-old grew more passionate about his church. on his facebook page a quote reads if your way isn t working, try god s way. the same page that said ramos had been married since 1983. and once studied at a seminary. in fact later that saturday afternoon he the day he was killed he was scheduled to graduate from a chaplain program. the pastor at the church told us ramos had an infectious smile and loved his wife and two boyce justin and jaden.
escort the casket into the church where he once worshipped. yesterday, ramos son and sister reflected on the man they say was doing god s work. their farewell was broadcast on a giant screen for those who just filled the streets. he was my rock. he was a beacon of wisdom. he was my absolute best friend. dad, i ll miss you very i ll miss you. my dad would have been there for everyone else. and to see so many people here for him is a testament to how it is as a person. it s been so helpful in this difficult time. i m going to keep this short and sweet just like my brother. i know you always worried about me but you know how i rolled because we were two peas in a
something. tell me about the mentality coming back in the street and working for maybe the officers at the 28th precinct. how does one compartmentalize. after that one person comes in and threatens an officer, not taking that angst, or that fear or concern into the community, how do you do that? what i think a lot of people don t realize is that police officers live with these threats every day. although they re on a heightened level because of the threats. i don t think police officers, i know for myself, and i worked up in the 2-8 before, that officers aren t going to really react much differently than before. police say that 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley who shot the officers and killed them. hours before brinsley posted on his instagram account that he was, quote, going to put wings on pigs today. tell us about the growing concern about social media
coverage will continue throughout the hour. also charities had stepped forward to lend a helping hand to the officers. bowden college will pay the remaining tuition for justin ramos. he s the son of raphael ramos, you heard him just a few moments ago speaking at the service yesterday. and jetblue has offered to play travel expenses to liu s family to travel from china to the united states. the airline has paid for 700 officers to travel to new york for today s funeral. meanwhile the steven tiller foundation intends to pay off the home mortgages of the liu and ramos family. estimated to be around $800,000. we ll continue the coverage. five thing you need to know for your new day. up close, a sheriff s office in georgia says it s conducted new interviews in the death of kendrick johnson. he was the teenager found dead
community, in the country, expected to line the streets of queens leading the way to christ tabernacle church where officer ramos will be. and playstation and xbox networks still trying to recover from millions of networkers. and the hacks that made them go dark for hours. and north korea is fuming over the release of the interview. they pointed the finger as the one person as the culprit behind it being in theaters. my name s louis,