by Vivian Yee and Jeffrey E. Singer
I just thought that this was really interesting. I heard that there were tons of policemen who showed up in New York from out of state to show support/respect for Officer Ramos and I'm sure that they want to show respect to Officer Liu as well. On the other hand, apparently "[s]everal family friends [of Officer Liu] have said they plan to attend only the wake on Saturday, intimidated by what is sure to be a large showing by the Police Department on Sunday." If the expression of solidarity and respect by the policement (most of whom didn't know Officer Liu) is serving to suppress the expressions of grief and respect by the family member and friends who did know him, I feel like something is falling through the cracks.
While Officer Ramos’s wife appeared “courageous and dignified in the face of such great loss,” containing her emotions during her husband’s funeral on Saturday, Mr. Mo said, “if you look at a typical Chinese funeral, that is not the way to behave. Should we bend the tradition in order to make it more palatable for Westerners? Those are all issues.”
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“We have to understand these customs and norms,” he said. “We can’t just say, ‘I’m Roman Catholic; this is the only way I know how to do this.’ ”
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