Protest Movement at Crossroads; NYC Mourns Officers- NY Times

After Killing of Officers, Protest Movement Is at a Crossroads

By NIKITA STEWART 

Some factions want to maintain the energy of recent protests and keep pressing for police reform, as two slain officers are mourned in New York City. Others say that could seem callous and might alienate the public while stifling the movement.

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A New York police officer visits a memorial on Christmas Day, at the site where two officers were killed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. CreditJames Estrin/The New York Times

Paying Respects and Praying for the Police 

By SARAH MASLIN NIR 7:19 PM ET

At a vigil at the site where Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were killed last week, a growing crowd of officials, clergy members and residents gathered.