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although you were accused of posting lies.

Body of slain Guyanese

NYPD officer to arrive in Guyana

on Thursday night for final farewell

By Staff on October 27, 2015

The New York Times reported earlier today that hundreds of police officers joined mourners at Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral of New York to begin their farewells.

The remains of fallen Guyanese born, NYPD Officer, Randolph Holder will arrive in Guyana on Thursday night on Fly Jamaica. Over 60 persons including Holder’s family and members of the New York Police Department are expected to accompany the remains on the flight.

An all day wake for the 33-year-old took place in Queens, New York today, ahead of funeral services to take place in New York on Wednesday.

 

“Unity is strength,”

The New York Times reported earlier today that hundreds of police officers joined mourners at Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral of New York to begin their farewells.

“Florists delivered ornate bouquets. Every stoplight, streetlamp and tree nearby had been adorned with a blue ribbon”, the NY Times reported.

The policeman was gunned down last week in East Harlem as he chased behind a robber who was a known criminal with a long criminal past.

 

 

News Source understands that the NYPD has been in touch with the Guyana Police Force and family members in Guyana as part of the planning for the Saturday burial of the police officer.

Holder’s father, Randolph Holder Snr., served in the Guyana Police Force before he and the family migrated to the US and his son decided to follow in his footsteps by becoming one of New York finest.

 

“Unity is strength,”

President David Granger over the weekend extended sympathy to the young man’s family through a telephone call to his grandmother who still lives in Guyana.  (New York Times photo)  

Daily Caribbean & Latin America News Alert

Accused Killer Indicted

On Day Guyana-Born Cop Is Waked

Hundreds of police officers were joined by members of the general public on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 in Jamaica, NY.

By NAN Staff Writer

News Americas, QUEENS, NY, Weds. Oct. 28, 2015:

The 30-year-old East Harlem man accused of murdering Guyana-born New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder was indicted yesterday, the same day hundreds lined up outside a Queens church to bid adieu to the Brooklyn resident.

A grand jury indicted Tyrone Howard on charges of murder and robbery in the slaying of Officer Holder, who was shot in the head Oct. 20 near the FDR Drive in Harlem as his partner stood beside him. Howard is due back on court in November, authorities said Tuesday.

The indictment came as family, friends, hundreds of cops from across the country and the general public lined up for a public viewing outside the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens Tuesday.

Many waited patiently in long lines outside the Allen AME Cathedral in Queens, NY to file pass the officer’s body.

Officers saluted as his coffin draped in a green, blue and white flag was carried by some of their brothers in blue into the church. Inside, he was laid out in an open casket, resplendent in his police uniform.

Cops from all across the country came to Queens, NY to pay their respect to the slain officer.

Holder is set to be eulogized today at a funeral also set for Allen AME.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who had accepted an invitation from the family and their pastor to eulogize Officer Holder, has said he will no longer speak. In a letter addressed to Officer Holder’s father, Randolph Holder Sr., Sharpton cited recent public criticism of his relationship with the police as his reason for declining.

Sharpton said that while he “respectfully” declines the invitation, he is committed to helping the family and will donate $5,000 to offset the funeral costs.

“Unity is strength,”

Officer Holder’s body will be flown to his homeland of Guyana Thursday and he is set to be buried there on Saturday.

A gun consistent with the one used to murder Guyana-born NYPD Officer Randolph Holder  was found  at approx. 3 a.m. on Sunday, October 25^th.

The .40 caliber handgun was found in the East River by NYPD divers who were deployed into the water and physically searched using their hands until they recovered the weapon.

Officer Holder, 33, will be buried in his native Guyana.

Holder, a Flatlands, Brooklyn resident, was the fourth New York Police Department officer to be killed in the last 11 months, Police Commissioner William Bratton said. He was a fourth generation cop who after leaving Lodge, in Georgetown, Guyana 12 years ago, joined his father, Randolph Holder , Sr., in Far Rockaway, Queens. He lost his mother to cancer  at age 17.

Initially, he took a job as a security guard at a Toys “R” Us store and then entered the New York Police Academy, joining the department in 2010.

Murdered NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder.

During his five-year career he amassed 125 arrests as rose to an elite plainclothes anti-crime unit in a dangerous pocket of northern Manhattan.

He won department citations for excellent or meritorious police duty on six occasions as he proudly wore badge No. 13340.

Nationwide, 100 officers have died in the line of duty so far in 2015, up 15 percent from this time last year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a non-profit law enforcement information clearinghouse.

Hopefully they cleaned the burial ground and removed all the garbage, or we will get another in the episode, of that "Strange and quirky savage little English speaking country, located behind God's back in this backwater part of South America".  CNN and the other US press are itching for that story.

International media cannot figure out this unknown country which is a Caribbean nation, with no white sand beaches, located in South America, with its high humidity, mud and mosquitos, and airport located in the middle of no where.

Crib's love of Guyana is on full display in living color.

Thousands of police mourn

slain Guyana-born NY cop

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Thousands of police officers waited in the rain to pay their respects at today’s funeral for slain New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder, who was shot and killed while on patrol a week ago.

The service for 33-year-old Holder, who was killed in the city’s East Harlem neighborhood, began Wednesday afternoon at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York. Holder is the fourth New York City officer to be killed on duty in the last 12 months.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and police Commissioner William Bratton stood in silence alongside thousands of officers from multiple police forces who lined the streets outside of the church while awaiting the arrival of Holder’s body.

Bagpipes played and a sea of blue-capped officers saluted as Holder’s body was carried into the church in a coffin draped in a U.S. flag and flag from his native Guyana.

NYPD officers gave each other long hugs and clapped each other’s backs as they entered the church.

“It’s an honor just to be invited, just to come down and share the moment with my colleagues,” said Sergeant Paul Jennings, 42.

Holder’s wake on Tuesday in the city’s borough of Queens drew hundreds of police officers who waited in a line four blocks long to pay their respects inside the church.

Tyrone Howard, the 30-year-old suspect in the murder, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday, according to prosecutors. He is scheduled to be in court on Nov. 24 on charges of murder and robbery. His defense lawyer said Howard denies the allegations.

The casket of slain New York City Police (NYPD) officer Randolph Holder passes a painting of Holder, as it is carried from the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York following his funeral service in the Queens borough of New York City, October 28, 2015.

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights leader and critic of police treatment of minorities, on Tuesday canceled plans to be the eulogist at Holder’s funeral, saying he was concerned that his presence would be more divisive than unifying.

Holder was a third-generation police officer. His grandfather and father served as officers in Guyana. Holder’s body will be flown to Guyana for burial after today’s service.

News that Howard had avoided prison for selling crack cocaine by participating in a drug diversion program drew sharp criticism last week from city officials.

De Blasio on Friday proposed changes to state law that he said would ensure dangerous criminals remain behind bars.

Advocates for the diversion program, which offers treatment as an alternative to incarceration for drug addicts, have warned against making major policy changes based on one incident.