Hundreds of New York’s Finest gathered in Queens early Saturday morning to commemorate a slain rookie cop who was ambushed and killed while sitting in his squad car there 34 years ago.
Mourners remembered Edward Byrne in a midnight ceremony on the corner of 107th Ave. and Inwood St. in South Jamaica – steps away from where he was fatally shot on Feb. 26, 1988 while guarding the house of a witness in a drug case. He was just 22.
“He didn’t ask why. He just took his assignment and understood it’s importance,” said NYPD Commanding Officer Inspector Vincent Tavalaro.
Those in attendance included family members of the hero cop, as well as NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and other top brass.
Fox News (https://twitter.com/billfoxla/status/1496237948102131715?s=21): 97.9% of prosecutors in the L.A. County DA office union (ADDA) have voted YES to support the recall of their boss, Soros-backed L.A. District Attorney George Gascon. The union reports 88.3% voter participation amongst its 672 members, which they say is the highest turnout ever.
A cold rain fell in Santa Ana early Tuesday afternoon as mourners gathered for a procession to honor Huntington Beach Officer Nicholas Vella, who was killed in a police helicopter crash over the weekend.
Vella, 44, was the passenger in the police helicopter that crashed in Newport Harbor near the Lido Peninsula on Saturday night. He was a 14-year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department and was previously a member of the Laguna Beach Police Department.
Vella is survived by his wife, Kristi Tovar, and a teenage daughter.
A second officer involved in the crash was released from the hospital Sunday and was identified as the pilot. An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, though Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Carey said Tuesday that it could be up to a year before the cause could be known for certain.
The helicopter was en route to provide assistance in what is known as a “disturbance fight call” from Newport Beach, which contracts for aerial services as needed from the neighboring city.
Fox News (https://twitter.com/billfoxla/status/1496237948102131715?s=21): 97.9% of prosecutors in the L.A. County DA office union (ADDA) have voted YES to support the recall of their boss, Soros-backed L.A. District Attorney George Gascon. The union reports 88.3% voter participation amongst its 672 members, which they say is the highest turnout ever.
An FDNY union leader wants the department to investigate whether three recent firefighter deaths resulted from city-mandated COVID-19 jabs.
The request from Uniformed Fire Officers Association President James McCarthy comes after the line-of-duty deaths of Lt. Joseph Maiello, 53, who was found dead in a Staten Island firehouse after a Christmas shift, and Firefighter Jesse Gerhard, 33, who died at his firehouse in Far Rockaway, Queens, after a medical episode Wednesday.
McCarthy wants the FDNY to include in its vaccine probe the death of Probationary Firefighter Vincent Malveaux, 31, who died Dec. 2 at the FDNY Training Academy on Randalls Island after suffering a medical episode believed to be a seizure.
Come on Ottawa PD, just pretend they are peaceful BLM domestic terrorists burning down your city and leave them be like the summer of 2020. DO THE RIGHT THING!
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