NEW YORK—For the second time in two weeks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan fell silent as pallbearers carried a flag-draped casket up the steps of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral on Feb. 1. This time was for the wake of police officer Wilbert Mora, the second of two policemen shot and killed in the line of duty. Mora’s brethren from the 32nd Precinct stood in the center of the avenue wearing their class-A, dress uniforms, saluting him in their white gloves, with black mourning bands across their shields. Once again a musician played on a single bagpipe and a color guard stood nearby. The security details on duty for the wake were a little different from last week’s funeral of Jason Rivera. Instead of a single helicopter, several circled above. The number of officers carrying AR rifles increased. Firefighters and EMS personnel from the FDNY were present as well New York State troopers. …
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