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And then a siren broke the silence. An Oneida police officer, pulled his patrol car along the group and, according to witnesses, using rough language ordered the gathering out of the street where it had overflowed as the crowd grew. “We have had such an unfortunate tragedy, then while we were showing respect, we were disrespected by Officer (Jon) Loomis,” said Mary Aldasch, Ryan’s mother. “It was candlelit silence while he was screaming.