It s time to really fight crime in NYC

Watching the heartbroken eulogy of a police officer s widow is painful under any circumstances. But the pain of watching the widow of Officer Jason Rivera was mixed with a sense of awe and admiration. 

Dominique Luzuriaga managed to express not only immeasurable grief, but also a restrained fury toward the insanity that paints cops as bad guys and criminals as victims. 

This system continues to fail us, she said through tears at a packed St. Patrick s Cathedral on Friday (right). 

We are not safe anymore, not even the members of the service.  

Then, speaking to her husband, whose casket she stood near, Luzuriaga added: I know you were tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new DA. I hope he s watching you speak through me right now.  

The audience rose and gave her a thundering ovation that rang throughout the majestic cathedral. This was no ordinary funeral. 

With an enormous public outpouring and Fifth Avenue turned into a sea of blue, the scene and raw emotions recalled the many police and fire funerals after 9/11. They were a catharsis for a shattered city and, if we are lucky, this funeral will mark a turning point in the war against the crime and violence bringing New York to its knees. 

via nypost.com

This wasn’t just predictable; it was predicted.