Even Louisiana State University’s football coach, Les Miles, weighed in, saying in a statement that his heart “hurts for Baton Rouge”.
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The day after the deadly shooting, dozens placed bouquets of flowers, patriotic balloons and American flags at roadside memorial.
Officers Montrelle Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Deputy Brad Garafola laid down their lives trying to do just that. A former Marine set out to ambush… As we noted then, Baton Rouge police had recently been criticized for carrying batons, long guns and shields at protests where they arrested around 200 people.
Police Lt. Robert McGarner struggled to keep his emotions in check as he stepped to the microphone to address the crowd.
“Y’all realize what this means to us?”
“We don’t ever want to use it but we have to have the ability to use it when we needed it, and we needed it here”, he said.
“It’s protest with a goal”, Norman said.
“It’s just pure, unadulterated evil”, Edwards said. Services will start at 2 p.m. There will be no graveside service, but there will be a processional from the church to Greenoaks Funeral Home. He said the federal government has numerous tools necessary to help local departments, but the effort to improve policing will also have to be driven within those departments.
“As we bind up our wounds, we must come together to ensure that those who try to divide us do not succeed”, Obama said in the letter.
The group condemned recent violence and called for more community policing tactics.
Wesley said the city needs to look at how potential law officers are vetted. “He loved his family, loved was he was doing, he wanted to be a police man”, said Cavalier.
Baton Rouge is where police fatally shot Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, outside a convenience store on July 5.
Other details were sketchy late Sunday, but this much was certain: 12 people have died in high-profile shootings in the U.S.in the past two weeks, including eight law enforcement officers, and racial tensions are worsening.
LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed the visits with authorities after the coach was seen entering police headquarters, where he spent more than an hour, by The Associated Press. And while ME seems far removed from that violence, state and local police said they’re concerned the apparent anger in the country could cause an attack anywhere.
President Barack Obama says the nation will get through the recent killings of police officers with the “love and empathy of public servants” like the ones who were targeted in recent days.
Meanwhile, a 41-year-old deputy remains in important condition and 2 others are being dealt with for non-life threatening injuries after they exchanged shooting with a guy, according to authorties at an interview Sunday afternoon.
“The work now is to assist our communities by continuing to recognize that we are but one spoke in the wheel and we will do our part”, Canterbury said. The White House again rejected a call Monday to light the president’s house in blue as a show of support for slain officers.
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Bruce Simmons, 57, remains in the Baton Rouge General Hospital after undergoing a second surgery Monday. “I respect and appreciate everything you did for us, this city, and your job to protect and serve”.
