‘Enough Is Enough’: Police Funerals Mark a Make-or-Break Moment for Our Country as Well as Our City

The huge turnout by the blue line of New York’s finest is making a strong and serious statement: “Enough is enough.”

Slain NYPD officer Wilbert Mora's casket is carried at the completion of a funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York February 2, 2022. Craig Ruttle/Newsday via AP, pool
NYPD funeral police officers shot Slain NYPD officer Wilbert Mora's casket is carried at the completion of a funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York February 2, 2022. Craig Ruttle/Newsday via AP, pool

The funeral of Officer Wilbert Mora marked another incredibly sad and tragic farewell to a cop killed in the line of duty. Mora was a partner of Detective Jason Rivera, whose funeral was held last Friday. The funeral was held in a completely packed house in St. Patrick Cathedral here in New York.

Talking about this, the sadness quickly turns to anger at the total systemic leadership failure of the political and law enforcement agencies in New York. Today, as was the case last Friday, Fifth Avenue was filled with thousands of New York’s finest mourning and honoring their two former colleagues.

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