The July 17 attack came days after the controversial shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge cops and snipers killing five officers at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas.
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The loss of three more police officers in Baton Rouge over the weekend demonstrates the importance of the federal government doing everything it can to help police officers go home at night and be safe, President Barack Obama said Tuesday after meeting with key leaders of his domestic security team. “We’re just a veneer on the outside”, said the 49-year-old antiques collector from nearby Central.
Visitation for Gerald, 41, is Thursday evening, with a funeral service to follow on Friday. Even Louisiana State University’s football coach, Les Miles, weighed in, saying in a statement that his heart “hurts for Baton Rouge and what’s happened in our community”.
Services for Jackson, 32, are set for Monday.
Now Baton Rouge is a town marked by memorials – flowers, balloons and stuffed animals with notes of condolences. He said there is no contradiction between making sure police have all the tools they need to do their job safely and in building trust between police and the communities they serve.
Three other officers were wounded Sunday, one critically. He spent more than an hour there. He says people need to show more respect for police officers, but police officers need to show more respect for residents. “These were good men”, he said. His casket will have a Superman shield, he said. “They want to see progress, change”, Breau said. He added that Garafola’s family plans to have him cremated after the funeral and will also receive a customized burial urn.
Both families prayed for the lives lost in the horror that Baton Rouge, and indeed the country, has been witness to since the killing of Alton Sterling.
Steve Bullock has ordered all flags flown in the state to fly at half-staff to honor the victims of an attack on police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A video of Long on Plank Road in north Baton Rouge has surfaced since the shooting, showing Long promoting his self-help book and doling out unsolicited advice to strangers. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation.
That shooting, captured on cellphone video, provoked widespread protests about police treatment of the black community. In it, Jackson described himself as “tired physically and emotionally”.
“I swear to God I love this city, but I wonder if this city loves me. In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me at threat”.
Edwards praised law officers who put their lives on the line Sunday, including the officers killed.
For now, the healthy national debate over the factors that have created those realities – and what can be done about them – is being drowned out by the sound of gunshots and the tears of peace-loving, law-abiding Americans who simply want the shooting to stop.
Jackson’s father-in-law, Lonnie Jordan, called him a “gentle giant” – tall and stout and formidable-looking, but with a peaceful disposition.
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Raised in Kansas City and a graduate of Grandview High School, Long had changed by the time he left the military, one of his close friends told The Star.
