Anonymous ID: a31f0c May 15, 2018, 5:23 p.m. No.1425005   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>>>>Officer Familia's Partner = Officer Vincent Maher

 

Article: https://nypost.com/2018/05/15/cops-service-to-his-partner-didnt-end-when-she-was-killed/

 

Title: Cop’s service to his partner didn’t end when she was killed

 

Body: Officer Vincent Maher lost his partner to a cop-hating gunman nearly a year ago, but he’s still got her back.

 

“My full intention ever since the second it happened was to be there for the Familia family,” Maher told The Post on Tuesday after President Trump invited him on-stage to help pay tribute to slain NYPD hero Miosotis Familia.

 

So when Trump welcomed Familia’s mother and kids to join him at the head of the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, Maher, 47, found himself tagging along.

 

“Wherever [Familia’s] mama goes, I go. I just wanted to be there for her and the next thing I knew [Trump] was pulling me close to him,” Maher said.

 

The 26-year NYPD vet handed Trump a commemorative coin bearing Familia’s picture made to memorialize her death.

 

“I carried it with me everywhere and I gave it to the president,” Maher said. “He looked at it and he read it and in typical Trump mannerism he was very thankful and appreciative.”

 

“I think he was a little touched because he didn’t expect to get a gift from somebody.”

 

Choking back tears, Maher recalled for the crowd his partner and the July 2017 night that she was gunned down in The Bronx for no reason other than her uniform.

 

“This is a woman who got injured a while ago and volunteered to come back to patrol to one of the roughest places in New York City,” Maher said. “She volunteered to leave a cushy job to come back to patrol.”

 

Moments after ambushing the 48-year-old mother of three as she sat in a mobile command post, Alexander Bonds, 34, was himself shot dead by cops.

 

“Evil has a face, and that face is every individual who has an intention to cause harm,” Maher told The Post. “That night, the face of evil was the guy who took her life.”

 

Maher said he supports Trump on Tuesday calling for the death penalty for cop-killers.

 

“Every cop in America if not in the world has probably been preaching that same thing,” he said. “I think it’s great intentions and great words. I just hope it’s more than words.”

Anonymous ID: a31f0c May 15, 2018, 5:32 p.m. No.1425087   🗄️.is 🔗kun

OFFICER MAHER: All right, that was unexpected. (Laughter.) Yes, my name is Officer Maher. I was Detective Familia’s partner the night she was killed. And I knew her for about 10 years. I worked with her on and off. This is a woman who got injured a while ago, and volunteered to come back to patrol to one of the roughest places in New York City. She volunteered to come back, to leave a cushy job, to come back to patrol. She was only there for about two weeks, and I had the honor of being with her that night. And she may have been lost that night, but she saved a lot of lives in turn because of her memory and everything that transpired after the fact. She was an incredible person, and she is missed by the family. This family is — forget it, they’re incredible. (Applause.) Thank you.

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-37th-annual-national-peace-officers-memorial/