Family of NYC cop murdered 35 years ago asks parole board to keep killer locked up | Zendytimes.com

The family of an NYPD serviceman pushed to his decease off a Manhattan rooftop 35 years agone pleaded pinch a parole committee connected Friday to support his slayer successful prison.

Relatives of Anthony Dwyer, who was killed successful October 1989, said they don’t put immoderate liking successful claims by convicted murderer Eddie Matos that he has recovered God while serving his 25-years-to-life sentence.

“There’s not overmuch other to do successful situation isolated from find God aliases conflict nan different prisoners,” said nan slain cop’s mother, Marge Dwyer.

NYPD Officer Anthony Dwyer, left, and Eddie Matos.

With a cane successful her near manus and a image of her boy pinned to nan lapel of her trench coat, Dwyer and her family delivered unfortunate effect statements astatine nan New York State Parole Board’s Manhattan agency opposing Matos’ release.

Matos has been denied parole doubly successful nan past 15 months and will person different proceeding adjacent month.

“My boy wasn’t fixed a 2nd chance aliases a 3rd chance aliases a 4th chance,” nan outraged mother said.

She was surrounded by a cadre of cops, galore of whom weren’t moreover calved erstwhile her boy was pushed disconnected a Times Square rooftop while chasing an equipped robbery suspect.

Eddie Matos is pictured successful constabulary custody connected Oct. 19, 1989. (Jack Smith / New York Daily News)

On Oct. 17, 1989, Dwyer and 2 different cops responded to a telephone of an equipped robbery of a McDonald’s edifice connected Seventh Avenue and W. 40th Street and saw 1 of nan suspects fleeing towards nan roof, according to tribunal records. Dwyer pursued him and erstwhile he reached nan roof, he was pushed into an aerial shaft  40 feet deep.

It took cops and firefighters much than 30 minutes to propulsion him out, and he died a short clip later astatine Bellevue Hospital.

“An onslaught connected 1 of america is an onslaught connected each of us.” said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry.

PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks to nan media earlier NYPD Officer Anthony Dwyer’s family members make victim’s effect statements for nan 3rd clip successful conscionable complete a twelvemonth astatine nan New York State Parole Board’s Manhattan agency connected Friday. (Barry Williams for New York Daily News)

Hendry said nan parole committee was “torturing” nan Dwyer family by making them relive nan tragedy.

“How galore chances did our leader Officer Anthony Dwyer get erstwhile he was dying astatine nan bottommost of an aerial shaft?” Hendry said. “This is simply a slap successful nan face.”