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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife have made a quiet visit today to the site of Saturday's shooting deaths of two city police officers.
The mayor's wife placed flowers among the dozens of tributes that have been left at the scene. De Blasio stood with his head bowed.
The officers were killed by a man who had made threatening posts online that referred to high-profile cases of white police officers killing unarmed black men.
Also among those who've visited the makeshift memorial is Emerald Snipes. She's the daughter of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white officer in New York earlier this year. His was among the deaths of unarmed black men that were referred to in threatening online posts by the man who killed the officers.
Garner's daughter left a candle at the memorial. She says she was touched by a message posted online by the young son of one of the slain officers.
A funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos will be held Saturday. Officer Wenjian Liu's (WHEN'-jihn LOOZ) funeral will be held once family members arrive in the U.S. from China.
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