illness. it doesn t make them dangerous. in fact it makes them more likely to be a victim than a perpetrator. but when you see the violence manifest itself why is he out on the streets? this is from his family. it s new tonight from ismaaiyl brinsley s family. take a listen. i feel so bad for the family. we give our condolences. we give our condolences to the family. we re grieving, and we re very sorry. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled, emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. and if he got arrested this many times, that was a question, like why wouldn t they help him out in but they kept releasing him into the streets. so isn t that a problem that the justice system should be asking? not us. good question. that was his sister and his aunt, by the way. our affiliate wcbs. good question. is it retaliation? and is this a question that the justice system should be answering, tom? why is this guy out? why was he out?
grieving for the dead officers families. despite the anti-cop tirade on social media, they say this stemmed from emotional problems, not political issues. we give our condolences to the families. we are very sorry. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled, emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. if he got arrested this many times, why didn t they help him out? they kept releasing him to the streets. isn t that a problem that is a justice system should be asking? brinsley s family says he leaves behind two children. in milwaukee, more protests against police violence after the district attorney decided not to charge a white police officer in the death of a mentally ill black man. the federal government now looking into the case.
sacred. last night, with tears streaming down their faces, the family of officer liu spoke. the most powerful words coming from his wife of just two months. this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together. among those officers condolences, the family of the gunman, ismaaiyl brinsley, who later took his own life, ismaaiyl brinsley says it was a result of untreated mental illnesses. we give our condolences to the families. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. reporter: also drawn to the street memorial, the daughter of eric garner. the death of her father in the hands of new york police helped
police retaliation. this was a troubled emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. also drawn to the street memorial, the daughter of eric garner. the death of her father at the hands of new york police helped spark that you can protests against the nypd which some say triggered brinsley s attack. garner s daughter said she knows what officers families are going through. we re not anti-police. we just want to let everybody know that we support them and we re out here to lay a breath and flight candles and do a moment of silence. reporter: and once again, silence became the loudest tribute. and again, those tributes continue to come in here. it seems many people simply either want to look at what has been put down, the candles, the notes, the gifts, or they want to reflect on what s happened and maybe where their city is headed next. a somber situation over
self-despair but also anti-government. reporter: his attack has been called revenge for the recent high-profile deaths of two unarmed civilians but on monday new york s mayor said that the killings weren t just an attack on police but an attack on us all. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. and ismaaiyl brinsley s family is speaking out for the first time since the killings. his sister says he was not seeking revenge. she says that he was mentally ill and needed help that he never received. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. i feel so bad for the family. you know, we give our condolences to the family. we are grieving, and we re very sorry for what happened for the innocent cops that were there. now, new york s mayor bill de blasio says the families of the murdered police officers and now