Louisiana State Police officers leave the scene of the crime where three police officers were killed this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday.
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This point must be made clearly: Whatever your grievance with authorities, ambushing police officers is not the way to resolve it nor is it the best way to further any cause. “Day to day they deal with stress all the time, they’re trained, they understand people may not like the police in general”.
Since the attack on Sunday, vigils have been held across the state.
“We don’t call for no bloodshed, that’s how this all started, we don’t want no more bloodshed”, she said. One them was hospitalized in critical condition, described as fighting for his life with gunshots to his head and stomach.
“He did not judge, never met a stranger and always remained fair”, said close friend Gelrod Armstrong, who said Jackson was the kind of person who could have altered what happened Sunday if he had only had a chance to speak to the shooter, Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo.
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.
The third officer killed was 45-year-old sheriff’s deputy Brad Garafola, a 24-year veteran, spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Hundreds of people, white and black, attended a rally supporting law enforcement officers at Baton Rouge police headquarters, about a mile from where three officers were shot dead. An Associated Press reporter said some officers had weapons drawn from behind trees and others were behind police cars and unmarked cars in the residential neighborhood in the southern part of the city.
Bruce Simmons, a 51-year-old with 23 years of service, sustained non-life threatening injuries, authorities said. He was killed in a gun battle with police. He left active duty as a sergeant, according to the records.
Deputy Garafola was “well liked” and received several awards while serving the community, the Advocate reported.
Investigators are still trying to determine if the Kansas City, Missouri, gunman acted alone.
But the weekend bloodshed in Baton Rouge kept the city – and the country – on edge.
Governor Edwards added, “The violence, the hatred just has to stop”.
The message was posted July 8, just three days after a black man was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge.
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Quinyetta McMillon, mother of Sterling’s son Cameron, put out a statement through her attorneys condemning the attack. “There are many of us who are working on the inside to try and make some changes”, Isaac said. “My hope is that one day soon we can come together and find solutions to the very important issues facing our nation rather than continuing to hurt one another”.
