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The family held a private service for Smith on Wednesday. “Also there to honor the Dallas Police Department fallen heroes”, the department tweeted.
A sniper opend fire following a Black Lives Matter march in Dallas killing five police officers and injuring 12 others.
Sullivan said the department is spending about $3,000 to send the five officers to the Dallas.
Lt. Ruben Diaz says all of the funerals they serve hold equal importance, but to lose so many officers at once does make this assignment a little different.
Behind the president, underscoring his message of unity: Dallas police officers, a racially diverse church choir and local officials. Lorne Ahrens at Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. “In Jones County we’re thankful for our community and honored to have the privilege of providing service and protection to them”. Those will be held on Friday and Saturday.
At the Dallas megachurch called The Potter’s House, officers by the thousands crowded into the funeral for Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, who had married a fellow officer just two weeks before last Thursday’s attack.
It was Micah Xavier Johnson, an ex-Army reserve deployed to Afghanistan, who became the protagonist of the shooting, arguing that he was “upset” with the American system of justice and wanted to “kill white people, especially white officers”.
Some of the officers will stay down in Dallas for the services for the other two officers killed. The work was displayed on a major overpass frequented by large numbers of commuters each day.Sam Eichenwald for NewsweekFollowing the memorial service for the fallen officers, a group of city residents gathered beneath the Dallas flag near the fountain outside of City Hall to display “Love one another” in bright pink lettering.
Owen shared stories of Ahrens’ life from his upbringing in Loa Angeles to moving to Dallas and joining the Dallas Police Department.
Ahrens, whose wife, Katrina, is also a Dallas police detective, was 6 feet 4 and 300 pounds, and was remembered as a gentle giant – a “supersized can of kick-ass”, as one colleague eulogized him.
A visitation for Dallas Police Department officer Michael Krol will take place from 5:00 p.m.to 9:00 p.m. ahead of a funeral at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the same location, 6801 West Park Boulevard.
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