Slain officer’s wife: the system has failed us
Slain New York police officer Jason Rivera’s photo held by a New York police officer. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
Dominque Luzuriaga is the widow of the New York detective that was slain during a domestic violence response. She provided a eulogy that included a statement of how the system had failed. This is partly motivated by the policies of the newly elected district attorney, for New York City. Among his initial statements was a declaration that he would be less stringent prosecuting certain crimes.
From Fox News:
“The system continues to fail us,” Luzuriaga said. “We are not safe anymore. Not even the members of the service.”
Luzuriaga went on to talk about how her husband was “tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new D.A.”
The newly elected New York City district attorney, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg, announced in one of his first days in office that he would be applying less stringent policies for prosecuting certain crimes. He later clarified the controversial memo, saying it gave the “wrong impression.”
During her speech on Friday, Luzuriaga said she hoped the newly minted D.A. was “watching you speak through me right now.”
Bragg was in the audience at the time, Fox News has confirmed. In a statement provided via email to Fox News shortly thereafter, he said he is “grieving and praying for Detective Rivera and Officer Mora today and every day.”
“My thoughts are with their families and the NYPD. Violence against police officers will never be tolerated. My office will vigorously prosecute cases of violence against police and work to prevent senseless acts like this from ever happening again.”
“I’m sure all of our blue family is tired too,” Luzuriaga continued. “But I promise, we promise, that your death won’t be in vain.”
Luzuriaga said her husband would have been “so happy” to see the crowds honoring him “through pain and sorrow.”
Before she stepped down from the podium, she added: “I promise, we promise that your death won’t be in vain. I love you to the end of time. We’ll take the watch from here.”
Fox News has more on the story here.
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THANK YOU, thebesig, for posting this.
Never Forget.
“Never Forget.” Spot on ninja. I am a firm believer in the whole “…innocent til proven guilty…” and “…right to a fair trial by a jury of your peers.” thing. I am also a firm believe in the Biblical “…eye for an eye…” thing. Until we have “…swift and sure punishment…” for those convicted of these heinous crimes, we will never see the end of it.
Hard labor prisons and public hangings would go a long way to deterring offenders.
I agree that the “system” has failed in the prosecution of criminals, the fact is that the criminals did not grow up in a vacuum.
Too often kids are not disciplined by parents. Parents don’t care about what their kids are doing. Parents often don’t follow their kids’ educational progress. Even things like Little League, youth football, youth basketball, etc., are viewed by too many parents as babysitters for their kids.
Too many parents don’t bother showing up for anything and then they wonder why they don’t know the trouble kids get into as kids and then later as adults.
The “system” fails after kids are raised in a manner that doesn’t teach them respect, and how not to break the laws of house, much less the laws of the land.
In short, while the system has failed in many ways, parents have failed their kids and society long before that.
(To be clear, this is not an absolution of the “system,” but rather the “system” gets involved after the parents did nothing.)
D.A.=Dumb Asshole.
Install the Hammarabi code where the citizens can enact justice without the need for these useless idiots.
I feel for her loss, and they were brave men doing an impossible job. Yes, the system has ley the NYPD down.
I worked in NYC ’89 to ’95, and I always wondered “Who would be a cop in this town?”,
and my dad & grandfather were both cops. It was the later stages of the Crack Epidemic and Rudy became the mayor. By the time Bloomberg switched parties, I was long gone, and The City was turning back to shit. DeBlasio did about 20 years of damage. Adams looks like another Koch or Dinkins. They need another Rudy or LaGuardia, but there may be nothing left by then.
I read somewhere awhile back that even if Guiliani’s policies and policing reforms were re-enacted it will take 10+ years to turn the city around. DiBlasio and his ilk really fucked that city hard. Sweet Jesus…
George Floyd will have legislation named after him.
This brave young man’s name will fade into obscurity.
When did we start worshiping Ephialtes?
I wonder how many cops on the NYPD are planning their escape like all those cops out west have done?