Death of NYPD officer spotlights rise of Bangladeshi immigrants within ranks

NEW YORK (AP) — Outside the Bronx mosque where a New York City police officer was , a group of officers in their formal navy blue uniforms solemnly hung a banner bearing the young officer’s photograph and the name of his fraternity, the Bangladeshi American Police Association.

Didarul Islam — one of in the July 28 shooting at the Manhattan office tower housing the NFL’s headquarters — was the NYPD's first Bangladeshi American officer killed in the line of duty.