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New York Officers Ambush Sparks Police Backlash Fight
Civil rights leaders condemn the ambush killings of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn. The shootings threaten the protest movement linked to Michael Brown and Eric Garner as officials blame anti police rhetoric for fueling violence.
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NEW York
Michael Brown
Eric Garner
Garner
Brown
Patrick Lynch
Patrolman’s Benevolent Association
NAACP
Cornell William Brooks
CBS
Brooks
Rafael Ramos
Wenjian Liu
Brooklyn
Ismaaiyl Brinsley
Brinsley
Eric Gardner
Mike Brown
New York City
Ferguson
Rudy Giuliani
George Pataki
Eric Holder
Bill de Blasio
Tony Herbert
al Sharpton
Irene Sundiata Myers
Harlem
Malcolm X Boulevard
National Action Network
Esan Garner
Michael Hardy
Gwen Carr
Jonathan Moore
Ismaaly Brinsley