{"id":76476,"date":"2014-12-22T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=76476"},"modified":"2014-12-22T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:21:12","slug":"new-york-killer-boasted-onlookers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/new-york-killer-boasted-onlookers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York killer boasted to onlookers"},"content":{"rendered":"
The man who shot dead two New York police officers told members of the public “watch what I’m going to do” shortly before the attack, police say.<\/p>\n
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, had a history of violence and mental instability.<\/p>\n
Candlelit vigils have been held in New York in memory of the two officers, Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”oQKIzod6X38OdlegQKbVjsIhu2jHMfRK”]Brinsley shot them as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn before running into a nearby subway station and reportedly shooting himself.<\/p>\n
He had posted messages on social media saying he would kill police officers in retaliation for the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died when white police officers arrested him.<\/p>\n
The Rev Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights activist, said Mr Garner’s family had no connection to the gunman and called the killings “reprehensible”.<\/p>\n
Community leaders have called for peace and the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, has ordered flags across the city to be flown at half-mast.<\/p>\n
‘Self-despair and anger’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Brinsley, 28, had been arrested at least 19 times and had a troubled childhood so violent that his mother was afraid of him, police said.<\/p>\n