{"id":1251768,"date":"2022-01-28T17:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T22:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1251768"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T22:39:35","slug":"photos-nycs-5th-avenue-a-sea-of-blue-as-police-gather-to-honor-fallen-officer-jason-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-nycs-5th-avenue-a-sea-of-blue-as-police-gather-to-honor-fallen-officer-jason-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: NYC&#039;s 5th Avenue a &#039;Sea of Blue&#039; as Police Gather to Honor Fallen Officer Jason Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-nycs-5th-avenue-a-sea-of-blue-as-police-gather-to-honor-fallen-officer-jason-rivera%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1251768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">New York\u2019s Fifth Avenue was a \u201csea of blue\u201d Friday as police gathered to honor fallen New York Police Officer Jason Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera was one of two NYPD officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/21\/2-nypd-officers-dead-shooting-domestic-call\/\">shot<\/a> during a response to a domestic on January 21, 2022. Twenty-two-year-old Rivera was killed by the suspect\u2019s gunfire and a second officer, 27-year-old&nbsp;Wilbert Mora, was left in critical condition and died on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Officers showed up on Fifth Avenue by the thousands to honor Rivera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fifth Ave in New York is a sea of blue outside of the funeral for NYPD officer Jason Rivera, who was fatally shot while responding to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>Breathtaking.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcyrVzoZlV\">pic.twitter.com\/OcyrVzoZlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1487115414173884418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of police officers from around the country gather at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral to attend the funeral for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera on January 28, 2022, in New York City. The 22-year-old NYPD officer was shot and killed on January 21 in Harlem while responding to a domestic disturbance call. Rivera\u2019s partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, also died from injuries suffered in the shooting. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Police Officers gather outside New York City\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral for the funeral of Police Officer Jason Rivera. (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367355175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367355175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD officers stand outside St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January 28, 2022, for fallen office Jason Rivera\u2019s funeral. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042093.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Rivera, holding a cross, walks behind her husband NYPD Officer Jason Rivera\u2019s casket after his funeral mass at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January. 28, 2022, in New York City. (MARY ALTAFFER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD Officer Jason Rivera\u2019s casket is carried down the steps of St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral by his fellow NYPD officers on January 28, 2022, in New York City. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378096.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD Inspector Clint McPherson (right), joins Dominique Rivera (center), the wife of New York Police Officer Jason Rivera, as his casket leaves St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York on January, 28, 2022.&nbsp; (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mother of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera reacts as his casket leaves St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral. (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Rivera, the wife of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, is given the flag from his casket during his funeral at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January 28, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379449.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priests bless the casket of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera with holy water during his funeral at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January 28, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238042370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The funeral procession of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera passes by as thousands of police officers stand along 5th Avenue on January 28, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041804.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367378890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A police officer reacts while attending the funeral of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238039018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238039018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367380437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367380437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of police officers fill the streets for the processional for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera following his funeral outside St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367379613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman holds up a sign during the funeral for fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January 28, 2022. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1238041766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A police officer stands at attention as thousands of police officers stand along 5th Avenue January 28, 2022 across from St. Patricks Cathedra for the funeral of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19669962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19669962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1367380433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Haven Police motorcycle officers drive during the processional of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on January 28, 2022. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rivera and Mora were ambushed while walking down a hall toward the suspect during the January 21, 2022, domestic call.<\/p>\n<p>FOX News&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/harlem-ambush-suspect-lashawn-mcneil-probation-criminal-record-nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">observed<\/a>&nbsp;that the suspect who shot the officers was \u201con probation for a 2003 felony narcotics conviction in New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2019s Fifth Avenue was a \u201csea of blue\u201d Friday as police gathered to honor fallen New York Police Officer Jason Rivera. 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