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Police officers from both the regular and auxiliary force attended a second funeral in two days for a slain auxiliary police officer killed during a Greenwich Village rampage. Nineteen-year-old Eugene Marshalik was remembered at a funeral in Brooklyn by friends, family members, fellow cops, and city officials.
Marshalik was remembered as a high achiever and someone dedicated to helping others. Mayor Bloomberg said, "He was a steadfast protector of his community, who would warn residents of burglary patterns in the neighborhood and make sure everyone got home safe at night. He had a sense of purpose that went beyond his years." Police Commissioner Kelly said, "His supervisor in the program used to tease him about sleeping with the auxiliary police training guide under his pillow, because he knew it cold." And his younger brother Max said, "Eugene separated himself from us by going to Bay Academy; none of us could pass the exam,. He went on to Stuyvesant [High School] - again, none of us could pass the exam - then to NYU, where our chances are better, since there's no entrance exam."
Marshalik's partner, Nicholas Pekearo, who was also killed by gunman David Garvin, was buried yesterday. Marshalik and Pekearo both received funerals with full police honors, though they were volunteers. And State Senator Eric Adams, former NYPD officer, is proposing a bill to legislate bullets.
Photograph of police officers saluting the coffin of auxiliary police officer Eugene Marshalik in Brooklyn yesterday by Shiho Fukada/AP
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Yes, because more gun control is obviously the answer. It's working so well.
Pass some more drug legislation while you're at it.
didn't chris rock have an idea about bullets...
something along the line of each bullet costing $1000.
or maybe we should just start sentencing these crazies for life without parole for the slightest felony gun possesion.
Grammar Nazi here. The headline should have actually read: "Funeral for Second Auxiliary Cop Killed in Village." The current one makes it sound like one guy was getting two funerals.
It's too bad real life can't be like TV. Remember the "Odd Couple" episode where Felix and Oscar joined the Police Auxiliary? Felix was a lot like Marshalik, a "by the book" perfectionist looking out for his fellow man. But all that happened to him was he got tied up in the hallway rather than getting shot.
or maybe we should just start sentencing these crazies for life without parole for the slightest felony gun possesion.
Owning a gun should not be a felony. If the auxiliary cops could have weapons, this all probably could have been avoided. But that would mean the city would have to allow people the means to defend themselves... which we just can't have.
Obviously the system we have now, in which people who are trying to do the right thing are sitting ducks to criminals, is far superior.
New York state has a policy for drugs, "X Strikes and Your Out" bullets should have similar Strike Out Policy.
Recent x strikes and your out policy has been getting some motions for being outdated.