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Officer Wenjian Liu, who was shot dead with his partner on Dec. 20 in their patrol car, was laid to rest today, with services that began at a funeral home in southern Brooklyn and were attended by thousands of police officers and members of the Chinese-American community.

There are growing numbers of Asian-American police officers in New York, but Officer Liu’s funeral is believed to be the city’s first for a Chinese-American officer killed in the line of duty.

The funeral of Officer Liu came a week after that of his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos. During Mr. Ramos’s memorial service, police officers turned their back to Mayor Bill de Blasio as he spoke, an act of protest amid escalating tensions between the police and City Hall.

Despite a request from Police Commissioner William J. Bratton last week to avoid such behavior, many officers did the same as the mayor spoke today.

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