Blue Lives Matter-NYC Held its First Gala Honoring Fallen NYPD Members
A local non-profit that transpired into a national campaign to help Law Enforcement Officers and their families during their time of need, held its first annual gala to honor the memory of recent fallen NYPD members.
The event, held in Staten Island, brought together over 500 NYPD members, including families of fallen NYPD officers, Russell Timoshenko, WenJian Liu, Rafael Ramos, and recently killed Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo. Councilman and former New York Trump campaign co-chair Joe Borelli was also in attendance to give his thanks and support to members of the NYPD, as well as comedian Artie Lange.
A non-profit charity called Blue Lives Matter NYC, was created by fellow NYPD Sergeant Joseph Imperatrice following the deaths of Ramos and Liu in 2014. Imperatrice decided after the two funerals that he was going to make a difference. The difference started with a bracelet as a sign “unifying not only police officers, but civilians” to show solidarity by coming together as one.
“After the two funerals, every cop went there own separate ways and there was no way to have that bond other than that one day,” Imperatrice said. “So we thought lets have these bracelets to unify people, and not just police officers but civilians who wore that …show more content…
Just last month, Blue Lives Matter NYC surprised an Georgia police officer with stage 3 stomach cancer with a trip to Jamaica. Joel Coward, a fellow New Yorker and a Navy veteran story received the attention of his fight battling stomach cancer from the group and the group decided to make a surprise trip to Brookhaven to “bring him joy and support.” The group presented Coward with a check of $1,220.14, the amount that is in reference to December 20, 2014, the day when Officer Ramos and Liu were killed in an ambush while sitting in their patrol car in
A local non-profit that transpired into a national campaign to help Law Enforcement Officers and their families during their time of need, held its first annual gala to honor the memory of recent fallen NYPD members.
The event, held in Staten Island, brought together over 500 NYPD members, including families of fallen NYPD officers, Russell Timoshenko, WenJian Liu, Rafael Ramos, and recently killed Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo. Councilman and former New York Trump campaign co-chair Joe Borelli was also in attendance to give his thanks and support to members of the NYPD, as well as comedian Artie Lange.
A non-profit charity called Blue Lives Matter NYC, was created by fellow NYPD Sergeant Joseph Imperatrice following the deaths of Ramos and Liu in 2014. Imperatrice decided after the two funerals that he was going to make a difference. The difference started with a bracelet as a sign “unifying not only police officers, but civilians” to show solidarity by coming together as one.
“After the two funerals, every cop went there own separate ways and there was no way to have that bond other than that one day,” Imperatrice said. “So we thought lets have these bracelets to unify people, and not just police officers but civilians who wore that …show more content…
Just last month, Blue Lives Matter NYC surprised an Georgia police officer with stage 3 stomach cancer with a trip to Jamaica. Joel Coward, a fellow New Yorker and a Navy veteran story received the attention of his fight battling stomach cancer from the group and the group decided to make a surprise trip to Brookhaven to “bring him joy and support.” The group presented Coward with a check of $1,220.14, the amount that is in reference to December 20, 2014, the day when Officer Ramos and Liu were killed in an ambush while sitting in their patrol car in