--- description: Commissioner of the New York City Police Department James O'Neill spoke at Officer Miosotis Familia's funeral on July 11, 2017. title: Read the NYPD Commissioner's Stirring Eulogy for an Officer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a6e57d663b9c6dd/6988d5b1e76ad250b362e534/james-oneill-familia-funeral.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the NYPD Commissioner's Stirring Eulogy for an Officer: 'Where Are the Demonstrations for This Single Mom?' by [James P. O'Neill](/author/james-p-oneill/) ## James P. O'Neill Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2017 4:21 PM CUT  New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill speaks during the funeral for New York City Police Officer Miosotis Familia, at the World Changers Church, July 11, 2017 in The Bronx borough of New York City. New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill speaks during the funeral for New York City Police Officer Miosotis Familia, at the World Changers Church, July 11, 2017 in The Bronx borough of New York City.Richard Drew —Pool/Getty Images by [James P. O'Neill](/author/james-p-oneill/) ## James P. O'Neill Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2017 4:21 PM CUT _On July 5, 2017, New York City Police Department_ [_Officer Miosotis Familia_](http://time.com/4844887/new-york-cop-shot-bronx-patrol-car/ "undefined") _was fatally shot while sitting in her patrol car. The next day, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill described the_ [_incident_](http://time.com/4846781/nypd-officer-shot-dead-miosotis-familia/ "undefined") _as an “unprovoked attack on cops.” Thousands attended Familia’s funeral on July 11, where O’Neill gave the following remarks._ --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4858684/nypd-commissioner-officer-familia-funeral-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4858684/nypd-commissioner-officer-familia-funeral-speech/"},"headline":"Read the NYPD Commissioner's Stirring Eulogy for an Officer: 'Where Are the Demonstrations for This Single Mom?'","datePublished":"2017-07-14T16:21:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:34:01.703Z","description":"He spoke at the funeral for Officer Miosotis Familia, on July 11","url":"https://time.com/4858684/nypd-commissioner-officer-familia-funeral-speech/","keywords":["remembrance","police"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a6e57d663b9c6dd/6988d5b1e76ad250b362e534/james-oneill-familia-funeral.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James P. O'Neill","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/james-p-oneill/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a6e57d663b9c6dd/6988d5b1e76ad250b362e534/james-oneill-familia-funeral.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Funeral Held For NYPD Officer Slain While On Duty In The Bronx","caption":"Funeral Held For NYPD Officer Slain While On Duty In The Bronx","creditText":"Richard Drew —Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4858684/nypd-commissioner-officer-familia-funeral-speech/","name":"Read the NYPD Commissioner's Stirring Eulogy for an Officer: 'Where Are the Demonstrations for This Single Mom?'"}}]}] ```