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Young sisters donate Christmas money to NYPD widows fund
It was just after Christmas when Gretchen and Victoria Lysne, young sisters from Wisconsin, heard their parents say that two police officers had been shot dead in their patrol car...
Cop killer’s ex-girlfriend released from hospital
The Air Force reservist shot in the gut by her ex-boyfriend hours before he assassinated two NYPD cops has been released from a Baltimore hospital. Shaneka Thompson, 29, of Owings...
Thousands of cops gather for executed officer's wake
They flocked to a simple, brick church in Queens by the thousands. Police officers from as far away as Ohio, Georgia and Maine waited hours on a six-block-long line to...
Slain cop's families face Christmas without them
The shattered relatives of two slain NYPD cops huddled inside their modest homes yesterday to face a Christmas holiday suddenly stripped of joy. Despite his pain, the younger son of...
Officers’ murders an echo of the past for my ex-cop grandfather
It was just after midnight in the summer of 1962 when my grandfather, Miguel Velez, was beaten and shot by a group of gang members in the East Village —...
City releases cop-killer's body
The body of double cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley was released from the New York Medical Examiner’s Office Thursday. Brinsley fatally shot himself in the head last Saturday after ambushing NYPD...
Cop killer made flurry of calls before gunning down officers
Ismaaiyl Brinsley made a flurry of final phone calls before he gunned down two NYPD officers Saturday, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Brinsley, 28, had shot his ex-girlfriend in the...
Cop-killer was loaded with cash when he executed two officers
Crazed cop-killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley was loaded with cash when he executed two Brooklyn officers over the weekend, New York’s top cop said Tuesday. NYPD detectives are hot on Brinsley’s money...
Last picture may help retrace cop killer's last steps
Authorities on Monday released the last known image of cop-hating gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley, hoping to retrace his final hours before he executed two uniformed NYPD officers. Brinsley was caught on...
Cop killer's life was 'spiraling out of control': family
The estranged family of cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley said his life was “spiraling out of control” and that they tried to get him help before he fatally shot two NYPD...
'I can't die like this!': Wounded ex of gunman who killed cops
The ex-girlfriend of the gunman who fatally ambushed two NYPD cops after shooting her in the stomach banged on a neighbor’s door, yelling, “I can’t die like this! Please help...
Anger of the Finest
This week, the families of Officers Rafael Ramos and the newly married Wenjian Liu should have been preparing for the Christmas holiday. Instead they’ll be burying the men they loved....
De Blasio let protests run wild — culminating in murder of cops
Every police officer’s death is difficult. Some happen in other states or municipalities and policemen take a quiet moment to reflect. Sometimes it’s only a moment. Sometimes it lingers a...
De Blasio goes AWOL, avoids families of executed cops
As cops were being threatened and assaulted and the city reeled over the execution of two officers, Mayor Bill de Blasio prayed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Sunday — then went...
Copycat killings feared as threats continue to target cops
NYPD cops were under siege Sunday, a day after two were executed in Brooklyn, with more than a dozen reported threats of violence against officers — including a man who...
De Blasio's arrogance puts cops in cross hairs
After I once criticized President Obama for appearing to abandon Israel by being rude to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, my mailbag quickly overflowed with anti-Semitic attacks. The writers proudly signed...
Families mourn slain cops
The loved ones of slain cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu poured out their grief Sunday, as they struggled to understand why a killer would target the two officers. “Our...
Kin knew cop killer was ticking time bomb
The gunman who killed two of New York’s Finest was estranged from his own family — with his mother terrified that her disturbed son would explode into violence. Ismaaiyl Brinsley,...
Fatally wounded cop struggled to say his name before passing out
Mortally wounded NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos struggled to tell paramedics his name before passing out and never regaining consciousness, the first EMT on the scene said Sunday. Tantania Alexander, a...
Cops' frantic bid to save their executed brothers
[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="bizDm7Y477pG" player="Ud34RrXnH_qf"] Warning: Video contains graphic language and content. A cellphone video emerged Sunday of the chaotic scene as cops and emergency workers desperately tried to save Police...