AP / Yahoo News: Commissioner urges respect at NYC officer's wake [Yes, if the family sincerely requests no shows of respectful police solidarity. Otherwise what greater respect can be shown than to turn your backs on politicians with blood on their hands, not to mention that ALL politicians are making self-serving political statements when they appear and speak at funerals? --tma]

Commissioner urges respect at NYC officer's wake

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton is urging his employees who attend a slain officer's wake and funeral to refrain from making political statements.

In a memo read at roll calls ahead of the Saturday wake for Officer Wenjian Liu (WEHN'-jihn loo), Bratton says "a hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance."

That's a reference to hundreds of officers turning their backs to TV monitors displaying Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) delivering remarks at the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos a week ago.

Police union leaders have accused de Blasio of helping to foster an anti-police atmosphere by supporting demonstrations following the chokehold death of an unarmed black man by a white officer. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/commissioner-urges-respect-nyc-officers-wake-064107618.html