Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on May 4, 2015, Officer Brian Moore was killed in the line of duty. This was an exceptional young police officer in New York City. He was young enough that he still lived in his father's home, but he was experienced enough, old enough that he had already become a decorated officer in the NYPD and had made over 150 arrests since joining the department just 5 years ago. Commissioner Bill Bratton said: ``In his very brief career, he already proved himself to be an exceptional young officer.'' We have heard a lot about law enforcement gone wrong, but the reality is that every single day police officers are under threat and they are in danger. All Brian Moore did on the evening of May 2 was pull up behind someone who was acting in a suspicious manner, and as they began talking to him, the man turned and fired at the car. Officer Moore was struck in the cheek. He had trauma to his brain. Ninety minutes after the shooting, officers arrested the man who perpetrated this crime. He did it with a stolen weapon--one of 23 weapons that were stolen in a 2011 robbery at Little's Bait & Tackle Pawn Shop in Perry, GA. Detective Mike Cerullo said of him: He was a great kid. I can't say a bad thing about him. He always had a smile on his face. Officer Moore was an officer who was rising through the ranks very quickly and who was beloved in his community.…”