Former President Donald Trump attended the wake for slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller at Massapequa Park Funeral Home Thursday afternoon and called for law and order.
“It’s a really sad, sad thing. It’s really horrible. And it happens too often, and we’re not going to tolerate it,” Trump said.
“We need law and order,” he added.
Diller was shot in the abdomen by a man with 21 prior arrests as he tried to remove Guy Rivera, 34, from his car during a traffic stop in Queens on Monday. Rivera opened fire on Diller and his partner around 5:45 p.m. Monday. Police approached the vehicle as it was illegally parked at a bus stop.
Diller, 31, lived in Massapequa Park with his wife and nearly 1-year-old son, Fox News Digital previously reported. He served in the New York City Police Department for three years at the time of his death.
Former President Donald Trump spoke Thursday after the vigil for slain New York City police officer Jonathan Diller. (Fox News)
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The Trump campaign first announced Wednesday that the 45th president would attend the wake. Along with President Trump, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was also expected to attend the wake.
“President Trump is thrilled by this invitation to join the family and colleagues dealing with the senseless and tragic death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller,” campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller has a wife and a son who is almost 1 year old. (New York City Police Department)
Trump has railed against cities’ crime rates under the Biden administration, including in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month.
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President Trump tweeted last month: “Four years ago, I said that if we put crooked Joe Biden in the White House, our borders would be abolished, our middle class would be decimated, and our communities would be plagued by bloodshed, chaos, and violent crime. “I said, ‘I’m going to go deaf,'” he said. . “We were right about everything.”
He told the New York Post in a recent interview that “radical lunatic leftists” are destroying cities and preventing police officers from doing their jobs.
Jonathan Diller, 31, a New York City police officer, was the father of a 1-year-old boy. A violent ex-convict is accused of fatally shooting a man during a traffic stop earlier this week. (Tunnel to Tower Foundation)
Rivera, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was injured by the officers’ return fire. Police announced this week that he has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons possession of a police officer.
Lindy Jones, another man who was a passenger in Diller’s car at the time of his death, was also charged with weapons possession and defacing weapons after his death.
“We can’t have this thug arrested 21 times. And the people in the car with him have been arrested multiple times, and they don’t get punished because they don’t respect them… and , this should never have happened. I just visited with a very strong attitude. “Beautiful wife, now without a husband. Stephanie was absolutely wonderful. Their child, brand new, beautiful, baby. . I’m sitting there and I’m innocent,” President Trump said Thursday.
In a message posted to his X account on Thursday, Levitt emphasized that President Biden will be “participating in a lavish fundraiser.” [former Presidents] Obama and Clinton” wake.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Biden had discussed Adams’ death, adding that there were no “personal communications to share” about whether Biden had spoken with Diller’s family. Ta.
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Diller will be buried Saturday in Massapequa.
