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NY police pay respects to fallen colleague Rafael Ramos

Tens of thousands of mourners filled a New York City church and surrounding streets for the funeral of one of two police officers ambushed by a gunman who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.

Rafael Ramos was gunned down along with his partner Wenjian Liu in their patrol car by Ismaaiyl Brinsley.

Relatives and close friends of Ramos recalled him as a man devoted to his church.

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Video released of police shooter before ambush

CCTV footage of a man who killed two New York police officers has been released showing his movements shortly before the fatal incident.

The film, released by the NYPD, shows Ismaaiyl Brinsley inside the Atlantic Mall in Brooklyn moments before he killed officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos as they sat in their patrol car.

Brinsley apparently told passers-by 'watch what I'm going to do' before ambushing the policemen.

Police have asked for the public's help to track the whereabouts of Brinsley before he attacked the officers on Saturday afternoon.

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