“We also call on our officers to show respect for our citizens”, he said. American flags dotted the area. The recent murders of law enforcement officers have been deeply unsettling and have damaged the progress reformers say they’ve been making. She was amazed at the outpouring of support from the community.
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“I’m about building my own brand at this point”, he said.
“We don’t want no more bloodshed!” On Sunday, three law enforcement officers were killed in an ambush by a lone gunman from Missouri.
Leroy Owens, a 78-year-old retiree, handed out water bottles to people waiting in the heat to get inside the funeral home.
“Every day, you confront danger so it does not find our families, carry burdens so they do not fall to us, and courageously meet test after test to keep us safe”. That leaves department officials to redirect funds from other costs, such as helmets and other safety equipment, he said, adding, “We don’t want that, particularly at this time”.
About 70 motorcyclists from the Louisiana Patriot Guard Riders showed up for Gerald.
“He was resisting arrest and one of things he was resisting was based on the fact that he had a weapon on him, and if he was he caught with that weapon he could have done 10 to 30 years, ” Jenkins said. “These three men have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their city and their country”.
Long was armed with two rifles and a pistol and wearing a ski mask when he ambushed the officers near a gas station and convenience store.
Visitation and funeral services for Garafola, 45, are slated for Saturday.
Former NFL running back Warrick Dunn speaks at a noon vigil organized by municipal court workers in downtown Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in honor of recent slain and injured sheriff deputies and police His mother, Baton Rouge police officer Betty Smothers, was killed during a robbery attempt in 1993, when he was 18.
Three of the officers Long shot were killed.
Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson said law enforcement officers found an array of hand-written documents in Long’s vehicle and a hotel where he was staying, but that he did not know if the material included the letter Karama shared. He spent more than an hour there. The casket for the veteran who served three tours in Iraq will be customized to reflect that service. On Tuesday, an officer with the Kansas City, Kansas, police department died after he was shot in his vehicle as he was approaching people matching the description of suspects in an earlier shooting.
Ganem said “Cpl. Jackson’s wife thought of him as Superman” so his casket will have a Superman shield. Then, together with the federal money, determine what the families would need in the future to cover the loss of a primary bread victor, he said.
Gavin Long, the Marine vet who shot six law-enforcement officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., resulting in the death of three officers, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, CNN reports, according to a source involved in the investigation. Video footage set off angry protests in the city’s black community.
“Therefore I must bring the same destruction that bad cops continue to inflict upon my people, upon bad cops a swell as cop cops in hopes that good cops (which are the majority) will be able to stand together and enact justice and punishment against bad cops b/c right now the police force and current judicial system is not doing so”, Long wrote.
Before the Baton Rouge shootings, Long posted rambling internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression. He also peddled self-published books about empowerment and spiritual enlightenment.
Long killed law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, July 17, 2016.
Carl Woodley, Long’s stepfather, said he was in “total shock” about the Baton Rouge shootings.
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Another deputy, Nicholas Tullier, remains in the hospital.
