NY - Officer Randolph Holder, 33, fatally shot, East Harlem, 20 Oct 2015

[Indy Anna]

“When we find a police officer that’s trying to protect us and serve our community and actually puts their lives on the line to do that, we stand up for those police officers,” Sharpton said at his weekly rally Saturday.


I find that^^^ highly insulting to officers in general.

I understand that Officer Holder's father asked Sharpton to speak at the funeral, but it doesn't sound like they knew each other previously.

I'm confused as to:

1.) Why Mr. Holder wants a public figure critical of LE to attend and speak at his son's funeral. Does he hope it will help Sharpton take a different view of LE and enable him to meet many other LE so he can understand what they face every day?

2.) How Mr. Sharpton knows the things he's expressed about Officer Holder to be true if he didn't know him personally and believes the opposite of most LE?

3.) What made Sharpton decide Officer Holder was justified in his pursuit of Tyrone Howard while he is critical of other LEOs' pursuit of/confrontation with suspects when it results in the death of the suspect? Are officers doing their job only when they are killed in the line of duty? Is Sharpton getting paid to speak?

Just curious.

 

[katydid23]

I understand that Officer Holder's father asked Sharpton to speak at the funeral, but it doesn't sound like they knew each other previously.

I'm confused as to:

1.) Why Mr. Holder wants a public figure critical of LE to attend and speak at his son's funeral. Does he hope it will help Sharpton take a different view of LE and enable him to meet many other LE so he can understand what they face every day?

2.) How Mr. Sharpton knows the things he's expressed about Officer Holder to be true if he didn't know him personally and believes the opposite of most LE?

3.) What made Sharpton decide Officer Holder was justified in his pursuit of Tyrone Howard while he is critical of other LEOs' pursuit of/confrontation with suspects when it results in the death of the suspect? Are officers doing their job only when they are killed in the line of duty? Is Sharpton getting paid to speak?

Just curious.

Good questions. I think it might be number one that describes the father's motivations. I think he would like Sharpton to have a better understanding.

I just hope it doesn't backfire and Sharpton doesn't exploit the situation for his own agenda.

 

[sonjay]

Good questions. I think it might be number one that describes the father's motivations. I think he would like Sharpton to have a better understanding.

I just hope it doesn't backfire and Sharpton doesn't exploit the situation for his own agenda.

BBM. I don't think that's possible.

 

[bluesneakers]

BBM. I don't think that's possible.

And they have to know that, which makes me think they share his agenda. Otherwise why give him a platform? He's perfectly capable of creating his own. Anywhere. Anytime.

 

[bluesneakers]

National Action Network to stand with NYPD at prayer rally

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Representatives from the National Action Network are expected to be among those at the NYPD's 120th Precinct stationhouse in St. George Monday night, taking part in a demonstration of solidarity and prayer with the Police Department after the slaying of Officer Randolph Holder in Manhattan last week.

"First of all, we support most of the officers and the leadership of the Police Department here on Staten Island," said Cynthia Davis, coordinator of the Staten Island office of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. "We just had another senseless murder of a police officer... people need to know any senseless murder is unacceptable regardless of whether it's a police officer or a civilian."
...

"Chief Delatorre and so many other officers, I can go on and on," she said. "We have been working so close with them for years, and they are good people."

 

[sonjay]

National Action Network to stand with NYPD at prayer rally

I wonder.... has Sharpton or his NAN group ever expressed concern over the senseless murder of a white cop? Or do only black cops' lives matter?

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Moving scenes as thousands of cops line the streets in the wind and rain to attend the funeral of the fourth NYPD officer to be shot dead in the line of duty in ten months

Randolph Holder, 33, was shot dead in East Harlem last week while responding to a call

On Wednesday, thousands turned out to attend his funeral in Jamaica, Queens

The five-year veteran is from Guyana and his body is set to be buried there later this week


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ficer-draws-thousands.html#ixzz3puLUwgi6[/url

 

[Indy Anna]

Tributes to Slain NYPD Officer as City Grieves

[snipped]

He was known as “Doc” at the precinct for his wise advice, dispensed on a broad range of concerns, from the personal to professional. Sometimes Randolph Holder, a 33-year-old police officer from Guyana, even made house calls, driving up to 40 minutes out of his way to pick up a colleague without a car every day for four years.

[snipped]

Mr. Holder was posthumously promoted to detective. It completed a journey that began five years ago when he typed up a letter required of all new recruits, explaining why he became a police officer.

“My first real job was working as a security officer,” Police Commissioner William Bratton read from the letter in his eulogy, his voice breaking.

[snipped]

Mr. Holder had gotten engaged last year and he and his fiancée were about to close on a house, relatives said. His fiancée, Maryiane Muhammad, gave a brief eulogy, supported by women on both sides as she stepped to the podium.

“In my life I have faced many losses,” she said. “With my beloved I have learned a different word, and that is courage.”

“To simply wear the uniform of an officer is an act of courage,” she continued. “You have chosen to be both target and hero.”


Read more at ....

http://www.wsj.com/articles/nypd-community-gather-for-slain-officers-funeral-1446056639

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Emotional funeral for slain NYPD cop Randolph Holder held in native Guyana

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...h-holder-held-native-guyana-article-1.2418767

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Mayor de Blasio says judge who let slain cop Randolph Holder’s accused killer off with drug treatment is passing blame

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...-gave-ex-con-drug-treatment-article-1.2433755

 

[scmom]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/n...randolph-holders-killing.html?ref=topics&_r=0
Mr. Howard, who had four prior drug convictions, is charged with shooting Officer Holder in the head around 8:40 p.m. on the East River promenade near 120th Street. Ten minutes earlier, Mr. Howard had been involved in a gunfight with other drug dealers on 102nd Street, the police said.