But in all that anger, I also have hope. I have hope because of who Officer Islam was. Have hope that we still have in our city. Men and women coming from different walks of life deciding that they want to wear that blue uniform and fight to protect our city from those who wish to harm us. I have hope that if we're in this room together in this mosque, lifting up our hero, then we could enter the mosques, the synagogues, the churches, the Buddhist temples, … (09:16–09:29)
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Asserts that people from diverse backgrounds are joining the police force to protect New York City.
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