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A New York City police officer holds a bronze plaque inscribed with the name of fellow NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, during a dedication ceremony in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Officers Ramos and Wenjian Liu were fatally shot on Dec. 20, 2014, by a gunman who then killed himself with the same weapon. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)

NYC mayor, police boss mark year since 2 officers were slain

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Police officer salute during the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 4. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (Associated Press)

Police officer deaths in the line of duty double as morale sinks to new low

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: William Bratton, New York police commissioner, favors politics over officers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, center left, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton, center right, and Rikki Klieman, Bratton's wife, second from right, arrive at the wake of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

De Blasio saluted by NYPD at Wenjian Liu’s wake

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

New York Police Department officers arrive for the wake of Officer Wenjian Liu, outside Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Officers salute police boss, mayor at cop’s wake

By MIKE BALSAMO - Associated Press

Actor Robert De Niro is interviewed by Chris Wallace at the DC Moore Gallery, in New York in this June 11, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Robert De Niro urges gifts to slain policemen’s fund: ‘They’ve done their duty’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pallbearers carry the casket of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos following funeral services at Christ Tabernacle Church, in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. Ramos and his partner, officer Wenjian Liu, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Wenjian Liu, Rafael Ramos street names will honor slain New York police officers

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

If Jeb Bush — the younger son of the 41st president and the brother of the 43rd commander in chief — is to blaze his own path to the nomination, it may have to follow the script of another famous Republican who fell from conservative grace yet captured the GOP's seal of approval: the 2012 version of Mitt Romney. (Associated Press)

Jeb Bush donates $10K to fund for families of slain NYPD officers Wenjian Liu, Rafael Ramos

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No more grieving mothers of murdered young blacks or police

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and his wife Jill Biden arrive for the funeral of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos at Christ Tabernacle Church in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. Ramos and his partner, officer Wenjian Liu, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself.&#160; (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Biden at Rafael Ramos’ funeral: ‘Assassin’s bullet’ touched ‘soul of an entire nation’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio listens to questions during a news conference at police headquarters in New York, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. De Blasio called Monday for a pause in protests over police conduct as he faced a widening rift with those in a grieving force who accuse him of creating a climate of mistrust that contributed to the execution of two officers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

De Blasio, Biden to speak at slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos’ funeral

By Jonathan Lemire and Mike Balsamo - Associated Press

Image: CNN screenshot

De Blasio receives NYPD’s turned backs at Rafael Ramos’ funeral

Associated Press

New York City police officers carry the casket of New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos at his wake at Christ Tabernacle Church, in the Glendale section of Queens, where he was a member, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, in New York. Ramos was killed Dec. 20 along with his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Fellow officers salute NYC cop’s flag-draped casket

By Mike Balsamo - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. .22, 2014, file photo, members of the New Rochelle, N.Y. police department place a wreath at a makeshift memorial near the site where NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Police say Ismaaiyl Brinsley ambushed the two officers in their patrol car in broad daylight Saturday, fatally shooting them before killing himself inside a subway station. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Key developments in case of 2 slain NYPD officers

Associated Press

NYPD officers stand for a moment of silence at approximately 2:47 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, near the site where New York Police Department officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in the Brooklyn borough of New York at 2:47 this past Saturday. Police say Ismaaiyl Brinsley ambushed the two officers in their patrol car in broad daylight Saturday, fatally shooting them before killing himself inside a subway station. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) ** FILE **

JetBlue offers to fly police to NYPD funerals for Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This combination made from photos provided by the New York Police Department shows officers Rafael Ramos, left, and Wenjian Liu. Authorities say Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, ambushed Ramos and Liu in a patrol car Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, and fatally shot them in broad daylight before running to a subway station and killing himself. (AP Photo/New York Police Department)

Yankee Silver Shield Foundation to pay education for murdered police officer’s kids

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Protestors rally outside the Barclays Center against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NAACP absolves protesters, says guns to blame for cop killings

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, speaks during a news conference after the bodies of two fallen NYPD police officers were transported from Woodhull Medical Center Saturday. An armed man walked up to two New York Police Department officers sitting inside a patrol car and opened fire Saturday afternoon, killing both officers before running into a nearby subway station and committing suicide, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

De Blasio has ‘blood on the hands’ after NYPD shooting, says Pat Lynch, police union president

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times