The gunman who ambushed and murdered two NYPD officers as they sat in their squad car Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn vowed to kill police in a number of social media posts that vowed retaliation for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, authorities said.

Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, wrote on his Instagram account: "I'm putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours, let's take 2 of theirs," hours before the killings, two city officials with direct knowledge of the case confirmed for The Associated Press. He used the hashtags Shootthepolice RIPErivGardner (sic) RIPMikeBrown. The post also included an image of a silver handgun and the message, "This may be my final post. The post had more than 200 likes but also had many others admonishing his statements.

Police said Brinsley, who was black, approached the passenger window of a marked police car at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time and opened fire, striking Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in the head. The officers -- one Hispanic, one Asian -- were on special patrol doing crime reduction work in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

"They were, quite simply, assassinated -- targeted for their uniform," said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a news conference at Woodhull Medical Center, where the officers were pronounced dead Saturday evening.

"Our city is in mourning. Our hearts are heavy," said Mayor Bill de Blasio. "It is an attack on all of us."

Scores of officers in uniform lined up three rows deep at the hospital driveway. The line stretched into the street. Officers raised their hands in a silent salute as two ambulances bore away the slain officers' bodies. The mayor ordered flags at half-staff.

Brinsley fled to a nearby subway station, where he shot himself in the head as a subway train door full of people closed. A silver handgun was recovered at the scene, Bratton said. The New York Post reported that the recovered gun matches the one in the Instagram picture.

A second Instagram post dated just after the shooting showed the same camouflage pants and distinctive blue sneakers worn by the gunman as his body was carried from the scene on a stretcher.

Late Saturday, authorities in Baltimore County, Md. said that Brimsley had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend at an apartment complex in Owings Mills early in the morning before traveling to New York. County police told The Baltimore Sun that the unidentified woman was in serious condition, but was expected to survive.

The Washington Post reported that authorities in Maryland became aware of the threatening Instagram posts by Brimsley at around 1:30 p.m. local time. They were able to trace the posts and Brimsley's phone to a location in Brooklyn and contacted the NYPD's 70th Precinct to alert them that he was in the area. At the same time, authorities faxed a "Wanted" poster to the NYPD with more information about Brimsley. Around the time of the shooting, another message with the same information was sent to New York's "real-time crime center."

"The tragedy here was that just as the warning was coming in, the murder was occurring," Bratton said Saturday evening.

Brinsley had a history of arrests in Georgia for robbery, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon. Bratton said his last-known address was in Georgia, but he had some ties to Brooklyn.

Ramos was married with a 13-year-old son and had another in college, police and a friend told the Associated Press. He had been on the job since 2012 and was a school safety officer. Liu had been on the job for seven years and got married two months ago.

Rosie Orengo, a friend of Ramos, said he was heavily involved in their church and encouraged others in their marriages.

"He was an amazing man. He was the best father and husband and friend," she said. "Our peace is knowing that he's OK, and we'll see him in heaven."

The shooting comes at a time when police in New York and nationwide have been criticized by some over the circumstances surrounding the death of Garner, who was stopped by police for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. Amateur video captured an officer wrapping his arm around Garner's neck in what some have described as a chokehold and wrestling him to the ground. Garner was heard saying, "I can't breathe" and later died.

Demonstrators around the country have held protests since a grand jury decided on Dec. 3 not to indict the officer involved in Garner's death, a decision that closely followed a Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Brown, 18.

Several New York officers were assaulted during demonstrations, including one event that drew thousands to the Brooklyn Bridge and at which two lieutenants were attacked.

"I have spoken to the Garner family and we are outraged by the early reports of the police killed in Brooklyn today," civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement. "Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases."

The president of the police officers union, Patrick Lynch, and De Blasio have been locked in a public battle over treatment of officers following the decision not to indict the officer in Garner's death. Just days ago, Lynch suggested police officers sign a petition that demanded the mayor not attend their funerals should they die on the job. De Blasio was also criticized for not speaking out about the two lieutenants who were assaulted in the protest at the Brooklyn Bridge.

"Had Mayor Bill de Blasio been forceful from the onset when the two lieutenants were attacked, one has to question as to whether this murderous psycho would have been compelled to target our heroic brother and sister in New York's Finest," Jon Adler, National President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association told Fox News in a statement.

"That blood on the hands starts at the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor," Lynch said late Saturday. "After the funerals, those responsible will be called on the carpet and held accountable."

The last shooting death of an NYPD officer came in December 2011, when 22-year veteran Peter Figoski responded to a report of a break-in at a Brooklyn apartment. He was shot in the face and killed by one of the suspects hiding in a side room when officers arrived. The triggerman, Lamont Pride, was convicted of murder and sentenced in 2013 to 45 years to life in prison.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/21/2-nypd-cops-shot-in-car-critically-injured/

This terrorist was a coward, shooting a woman then two cops. He is lucky he killed himself because he would have had the entire force up his a$$ and it wouldn't have been pretty if the caught him alive.

Americans are going mad.....what else could be new.......

I am surprised Obama hasn't spoken out yet. He was so quick to before. Hell, if he had a son I bet he would be like the shooter.

Holder and Obama are responsible for these two officers deaths

Assassinated

The goal of "race baiting" is to incite. Sometimes violence is what is sought to bring attention to the "cause". In this case, ginning up the base has resulted in riots, looting, and murder.

strange that some of our more "Anarchist" Members haven't mingled in this Thread yet!

Sheer Insanity to go an gun down two Members of Lawenforcement,regardless how one feels about them!
This clearly is NO Case of Selfdefense!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882169/Bill-Blasio-charged-murder-Hundreds-attack-New-York-City-Mayor-having-blood-hands-two-police-officers-ambushed-killed.html

Police officers turn their backs on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio as he is accused of having 'blood on his hands' over anti-police sentiments

Still falling for the emotional appeal I see.

Go fly a Kite or catch a Lizard,Mister!

Problem is,you don't see!

BTW,you still chewing those Apricot-Kernels?

Oh,do you approve of Assassination then?

Amir rice was 12 years old last month when a cop shot him dead.

No one blinked an eye.

Nobody blamed Obama, nor Holder, the blame rests on the policemen who killed the boy.

The two dead cops in Brooklyn was killed by a criminal lunatic.

However the cop who killed a 12 year old boy is also a criminal in a uniform.

the ones besides the shooter whom have blood on their hands can also include a dumb grand jury who after a declaration of a homicide decided to not indict, even after probable manslaughter.

Injustices breeds injust acts.

Guess he went out in the morning and decided to go and bag him a 12yo?


There ought to be some sort of Charge against him,but I doubt he went and made a conscious decision to go and murder that Kid!

I have to agree in part, I don't think he made a conscious decision either.

It was a sub-conscious decision.

Yep, emotional appeal, thinking with the limpic brain and occasionally the stem.

And it does not seem to be I that doesn't see, is it? It is not I that refuses to see and question.

Yes I love my B17 or Laetrile. Keeps me sharp and healthy. You should try some but then that will never happen, will it? But this stuff is almost as good as Cannabinoids. Don't do big pharma because that would make me just plain stupid.

Don't forget to take your medications now.

Thought you'd be still on that Crap!
When you have time,look up the Symptoms of Chronic Cyanide-Poisoning!
I don't need any Medications,Sunshine!
Leaving that Crap to you!
Hope you're enjoying your daily Dose of Hydrocyanic Acid!
Does wonder for the Brain!
Starves it of the necessary Oxygen!
The results are astounding!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/21/2-nypd-cops-shot-in-car-critically-injured/

Shows just what you know. Already know your ability at research is weak at best, almost nonexistent. And being you are calling it crap must mean just the opposite, you actually don't know.

Love to feed you info as you seem little to know what to do with it. And it would only be one totally ignorant that would distill the cyanide and take it.

"Bitter almonds" have been used as a medical remedy for thousands of years by cultures as diverse as the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Pueblo Indians. In 1802, a chemist discovered that distilling the water from bitter almonds released hydrocyanic acid. In the 1830s, the source of this hydrocyanic acid was purified and called amygdalin. It was thought to be the active ingredient in bitter almonds.

But then you are the "big pharma" supporter so I would suggest staying away as their solution might kill you but then no more so than all the other concoctions they promote.

And as for my brain seems to be ahead of your wouldn't you say?

But what does all this have to do with the topic at hand other than a continuation of responses based on emotions? You have already posted the one on the childish tactics of the police over something the mayor did that was actually correct. Now do you have one with children or pregnant mothers?

another violent tragedy

a few months back an anarchist couple set out to kill themselves some cops too

and before that , some folks upset about being called out about using public land for private purposes set up camps with armed citizens prepared to take down 'authorities'

whether its animous against a cop or animous/fear around a race or nationality,,,,

its another tragedy, and more lost lives, unnecessarily cut short,,,

Twist and spin, twist and spin, you forgot to mention Sharpton, Holdem, and Odumbo, again.