Face in the News: Mourning, dissension in New York City
WASHINGTON (CBS News) - More than 20,000 mourners flocked to New York City over the weekend to honor slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, but the solemn ceremony was not without controversy.
When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stepped on stage to deliver his eulogy, hundreds of police officers watching outside turned their backs away from the screen. NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who also spoke at the funeral, said Sunday on "Face The Nation" that this action was "very inappropriate."
"To bring politics, to bring issues into that event, I think, was very inappropriate," Bratton said, adding that "at the same time, it is reflective, unfortunately, of the feelings of some of our officers."
His comments were covered by the Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, the Washington Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Bloomberg News, The Hill, National Review, Huffington Post and Daily Caller.
Later in the show, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani lashed out against politicians who criticized the police.
"Mayor de Blasio, please say you're sorry to [the NYPD] for having a created false impression of them," he said. "You did create a false impression of them. Say you're sorry. Say you didn't realize."
He went on to criticize President Obama for associating with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who he called the "poster boy for hating the police" and "a man who has spent his career helping to create riots."
Giuliani's comments were covered by the Washington Post, UPI, Politico, The Hill, the Washington Times, Newsday, Slate, Newsmax, the International Business Times, Huffington Post and Daily Caller.
Police violence and race relations were some of the biggest stories of the year, but not the only ones.
We checked in with Ebola czar Ron Klain for an update on the Obama administration's handling of the virus and the latest efforts to stop the deadly outbreak that is still rampant in West Africa.
"We're nearing a pivot point in this, where the number of new cases overall in West Africa has somewhat stabilized," Klain said on Sunday. "But this won't be done until we get all the way to zero. It's like a forest fire. A few embers burning, and the thing can reignite at any time."
He also said that a recent mishap at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where a lab technician may have been inadvertently exposed to the Ebola virus was "unacceptable."
His comments were covered by Reuters, USA Today, Politico, Fox News, The Hill, The Guardian and Huffington Post.