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Bloodied hands

December 23, 2014 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 23, 2014 4:51 pm

By Charles Levandoski Ledyard

Attorney General Eric Holder may extend his token sympathy, and Rev. Al Sharpton can tone down his hate-filled rhetoric, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio can eulogize "two of New York's finest," but none can cleanse their hands of the blood of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

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