NYPD Commish Tisch rails against broken criminal justice system at Mass honoring slain hero cop Jonathan Diller

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Tuesday railed against the “broken criminal justice system’’ at a memorial Mass marking the first anniversary of the shooting death of hero cop Jonathan Diller.Family, friends and colleagues of the tragic 31-year-old officer packed into St.Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on Long Island to hear somber remarks delivered by Diller’s widow, Stephanie, and Tisch –who said the officer’s alleged killer “should never have been on the streets that night.“A broken criminal justice system failed him,” the commish said of Diller, who died of a bullet wound to the stomach during a Queens traffic stop-gone-bad March 25, 2024.

“It failed Stephanie.It failed [Diller’s son] Ryan … and it failed every New Yorker who valued public safety.“That is why we’re fighting every single day — not just for our men and women at this department, but for the people of New York City — to fix what is broken,” she said.

“We often talk about it in abstract terms … but this is real.Continuing down the current path that New York State is on is devastating and [has] deadly consequences.“We owe it to Jonathan, his family and every cop who puts on that uniform to right those wrongs and to protect the brave people who do this incredibly dangerous work.”Diller was walking up to the passenger side of a gray Kia Soul illegally parked outside a cell-phone store when Guy Rivera allegedly rattled off three rounds from inside the vehicle, shattering the silence of the quiet street in Far Rockaway that day.

Cops have said they believe Rivera and a cohort were planning to rob the store.In footage of the horrific incident shared by the Instagram account @ny_scoop, Diller appeared to drag himself behind the car as he collapsed on the pavement — and his partner fired two shots of his own, one of which hit Rivera in the back.Diller’s partner also yanked a man later identified as Lindy Jones from the driver’s seat and yelled at him�...