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  • Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley
  • Raphael Ramos
  • Wenjin Liu
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn — Two police officers sitting in their car in Brooklyn were shot and killed execution-style Saturday. It appears the attack was done by a man, in part, angry about recent police involved shootings. Police said Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsely man walked up to the officers and shot  Wenjin Liu and Raphael Ramos at point blank range. Police say after the shooting, Brinsley ran to a subway station and committed suicide. Brinsley reportedly traveled from Baltimore, where he had shot his ex-girlfriend in the stomach Saturday, to New York City. The woman,who has not been identified, is recovering. The New York Post and others  reported Brinsley posted the following to his Instagram account Saturday, “i’m putting wings on pigs today. they take 1 of ours…… let’s take 2 of theirs #shootthepolice #riperivgardner #ripmikebrown this may be my final post i’m putting pigs in a blanket” While many are expressing support for the officers, others are celebrated the killings on social media. https://twitter.com/brittaplease/status/546413792012562433 Numerous community leaders and ‘Hands Up’ organizers denounced the shooting. A grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer in the Garner case, as well as a separate grand jury’s refusal to indict an officer in a controversial police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, led to nationwide protests against the police. In a statement, activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said the Garner family was outraged by news of the shootings. “Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases,” the statement said. “We have stressed at every rally and march that anyone engaged in any violence is an enemy to the pursuit of justice for Eric Garner and Michael Brown… The Garner family and I have always stressed that we do not believe that all police are bad, in fact we have stressed that most police are not bad.” Last Saturday, two New York officers were assaulted on the Brooklyn Bridge during demonstrations that have been mostly peaceful. Police arrested four people. https://twitter.com/nypd66pct/status/546418692998037504