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The grieving widow of a slain New York City police officer honored her beloved husband with a heart-wrenching tribute that she posted to Instagram to her “beautiful angel” on a day when hundreds of cops and first responders paid their respects to their fallen brother in arms.
The young life of 22-year-old NYPD Officer Jason Rivera was cut short when he was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call involving Lashawn McNeil, a 47-year-old career criminal. His partner, 27-year-old Wilbert Mora was also shot but survived.
According to remarks to reporters from NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the officers were responding to a call from a woman who identified herself as the suspect’s mother when McNeil “suddenly, without warning, opened fire on them.” Rivera, a rookie and newlywed who had been married for just three short months passed away after being taken to a local hospital.
In her moving tribute, Rivera’s widow posted a picture of his locker at the 32nd Precinct along with her message.
“Fly high my beautiful angel,” she wrote. “Yesterday I visited the locker room where you used to FaceTime me at during your meal time or right before you had to go downstairs to the muster room for roll call at 15:00,”
“Last night was supposed to be your day 5 & you were RDO for the next three days,” she added. “We both waited for your RDO’s to spend them together.
“But now your soul will spend the rest of my days without me, throughout me, right beside me,” she wrote.
“I love you till the end of time.”
(Screenshot: Instagram)
She also posted images from their days together including of their October 9 wedding day at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ., in one post writing that her departed husband is “my soulmate, best friend and lover from now until the end of time.”
(Screenshot: Instagram)
(Screenshot: Instagram)
On Sunday, hundreds of uniformed officers and firefighters lined the streets as Rivera’s body was transported to a funeral home, services will take place later this week.
Procession carrying @NYPD32Pct hero P.O. Jason Rivera departs the Medical Examiner’s Office to continue his journey home.
Every step, every block, we are with him. He will not travel alone. #FidelisAdMortem pic.twitter.com/aJxxwyNUL6
— NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) January 23, 2022
The brother of fallen NYPD Officer Jason Rivera made a request to the men and women in blue lined up for the dignified transfer to the funeral home.
“Never forget my brother, because he loved all of you. He loved all of you. Never forget my brother.”
And we never will. pic.twitter.com/I3MAFPWGnS
— Bill Bratton (@CommissBratton) January 24, 2022
Officer Rivera really wanted to make a difference and a letter that he wrote while attending the police academy is getting attention on social media.
"Why I became a police officer"
Written by NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, 22-year who grew up in Inwood, killed last night in the line of duty.
Stop whatever you are doing and read this. pic.twitter.com/VGDhH4WMIY
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 22, 2022
“When I applied to become a police officer, I knew this was the career for me,” he wrote.”I would be the first person in my family to become a police officer. Coming from an immigrant family, I will be the first to say that I am a member of the NYPD, the greatest police force in the world. Growing up in New York City, I realized how impactful my role as a police officer would go in this chaotic city of about 10 million people. I know that something as small as helping a tourist with directions, or helping a couple resolve an issue, will put a smile on someone’s face.”
Rivera’s murder comes at a time when the Big Apple has seen dramatic increases in violent crime with new Mayor Eric Adams being elected largely on his promise to restore law and order to a city where citizens often risk their own safety when venturing out onto the mean streets.
Mayor Adams’ job won’t be easy, especially after his predecessor Bill de Blasio, who wore his contempt for police on his sleeve like a badge of honor and openly sided with Black Lives Matter activists during last summer’s rioting and looting following the death of George Floyd, all but turned over the key to the city to violent criminals.
Adams responded to the tragic loss of Office Rivera with an appeal for intervention from Washington, D.C.
There are no gun manufacturers in our city. How are we removing thousands of guns off our streets and somehow they still find their way into the hands of killers?
We need Washington to act now to stop the flow of weapons into our cities.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) January 22, 2022
Officer Rivera’s death is yet another grim reminder that the dangerous job that police who have been widely demonized by the political left have chosen as their profession can at times be deadly.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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