He served as an Army ranger before becoming a Dallas officer.
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A funeral service for Thompson was held later Wednesday in Corsicana, south of Dallas. Police eventually killed the gunman.
Dallas Police Department’s Sr. Cpl. Officials had to block off streets while they searched for weapons or bombs.Sam Eichenwald for NewsweekAn officer speaks with a civilian who was handing out glowing blue wristbands meant as a sign of support for the Dallas police.
Meanwhile the St. Anthony Police Department has been bombarded with hateful messages after being confused with the St. Anthony Police Department in Minnesota which came under scrutiny after a black man was shot and killed by an officer July 6.
On Wednesday Smith’s family and friends gathered for a funeral mass at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch, where he was a parishioner.
Some officers from the Dallas area covered shifts for the Dallas Police Department as its officers scrambled across town from one memorial service to.
In a blog post published on the Huffington Post, “opinionated writer” Jesse Benn speculated that one of the five slain Dallas officers may have been a “white supremacist”.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama urged Americans rattled by a week of violence and protests to find “open hearts” and new empathy in a speech that seesawed between honoring police officers for their bravery and decrying racial prejudice that can affect their work.
The lives of the police officers are inspaniration to many.
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Funeral services have not yet been held for two other slain officers, Patricio Zamarripa, 32, known as Patrick, to be buried Saturday, and Michael Krol, for whom services are still pending. Dallas police Sgt. Michael Thomas was one of five Dallas police officers who were shot and killed by a sniper during a Black Lives Matter march in Dallas. Lorne Ahrens and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson were laid to rest. The procession will leave the church and go eastbound toward Greenville Avenue toward Restland Memorial Park, where Smith will be buried. Ahrens and four other officers were slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.
