Anonymous donor gives $1 million to families of 2 slain NYPD officers

[George II]

Source: Newsday

An anonymous donor has given $1 million to the families of two New York City police officers killed last month while sitting in their patrol car.

Officials from the union representing detectives announced the generous gift from an unnamed Hong Kong businessman at a press conference on Friday.

The Daily News reports Rafael Ramos' two sons will get $500,000 for their educational funds. The paper says Wenjian Liu's father will get $100,000 every year for five years.

Both officers were promoted posthumously to detective.

Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/families-of-rafael-ramos-wenjian-liu-will-get-1-million-from-anonymous-donor-1.9817416

[OnePercentDem]

1. That is awesome news

Money can't replace a father but it helps ease the strain. I love stories like this, giving is so rewarding.

[onecaliberal]

2. That is fantastic, what about the poor families

Of those killed by officers?

[24601]

3. That's the nature of a free people - you can give to whomever you choose, and you can let your name

be released in public or you can remain anonymous.

Or the families can file suit against the city in civil court. That's an avenue generally not viable for families of murdered police since the killers tend not to have assets. There is of course a delta between filing suit and proving winning a case proving damages.

[onecaliberal]

5. The police typically have pension and life insurance

Most of the poor black men killed have nothing.

[24601]

7. Like I implied before - you are free to give them all you have. And I want our first responders to

be covered with insurance and pensions. Whether they are fire fighters, military, or police, whether they are running into a fire or a fire fight, they minds need to be on the job, not worrying about how their family will survive if they don't. And they come in all colors, genders, ages, sexual orientations and all faiths.

[George II]

11. "they come in all colors, genders, ages, sexual orientations and all faiths"

Ethnically the NYPD is less than half Caucasian (slightly), and neither of the officers who were murdered were Caucasian.

Kind of blows away the reasoning of some here, doesn't it?

[Calista241]

8. You can't do that.

You can't garnish a welfare, Social Security, unemployment, pension, or disability check. They're protected by law.

[24601]

15. If you default on your student loan, they will eventually take it out of your social security. And

military retired pay - the pension for service, not for disability, is subject to division in divorce cases.

"Under the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act, state courts are allowed to divide disposable military retired pay between the service member and spouse if the state court desires. Former spouses, in some circumstances, are able to receive a portion of the service member's retired pay directly from the government. Some former spouses are entitled to care at military medical facilities and are given access to military exchanges and commissaries. Former spouses may be beneficiaries under the Survivor Benefit Plan as well. Some victims of spousal or child abuse are also eligible for benefits."

"Direct payment of retired pay may be made to a former spouse from the military pay centers if there is a court order or a property settlement that has been ordered, ratified or approved by the court; and if the final order specifically provides that payment is to be made from disposable retired pay for one of the following:

- Child support

- Alimony

- Division of retired pay as property-if the former spouse was married to the member for 10 years or more, during which the member performed 10 years or more of creditable service, and the order expresses payment in dollars or a percentage of the member's disposable retired pay."

http://www.militaryonesource.mil/legal?content_id=271156

[mackerel]

17. Federal debt gets taken from Social Security.

There is a POMS that says that it can be as low as $10 a month if you can prove you use most of your money for living expenses.

[George II]

10. You can donate as much as you want.

[LiberalFighter]

4. If the donor is anonymous than how do they know he is a Hong Kong businessman?

[George II]

6. Probably based on the source of the funds?

[heaven05]

9. figures

[NaturalHigh]

12. I'm glad these families are getting this.

Between the murdered officers' benefits and these donations, these families will hopefully have enough money to get a new start.

[catbyte]

13. This is nitpicky, but why Liu's father? He was recently married.

[devakikumar22]

14. prayer for family

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i HOPE this family get enough money and this help their future

[gopiscrap]

16. Welcome to DU