Thousands of mourners today attended the funerals for three of the five police officers slain last week in Dallas, Texas, one day after United States president Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush led a memorial service in the city.
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An interfaith memorial service was held Tuesday to honor the fallen officers.
Thompson was married just two weeks ago to a fellow DART officer and was the first DART officer killed in the line of duty for the department.
The St. Anthony police data shows that while just 7 percent of residents in St. Anthony and the neighboring towns of Lauderdale and Falcon Heights that the department also serves are black, almost half of all arrests performed by St. Anthony officers were of African-Americans in 2016.
Law enforcement officers in crisp dress uniforms attended the service at The Potter’s House Church, the megachurch headed by Bishop T.D. Jakes.
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.
Nine other officers and two civilians were injured in a sniper attack during what had been a night of peaceful protest. Lorne B. Ahrens before the funeral service in Plano, Texas, on July 13.
Owen shared stories of Ahrens’ life from his upbringing in Loa Angeles to moving to Dallas and joining the Dallas Police Department.
Also killed in the ambush were Dallas police officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol and Michael Smith, along with DART officer Brent Thompson.
Thursday’s funeral took place at the Watermark Church in Dallas.
Lorne Ahrens and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson were laid to rest.
The Chicago Police Department is looking to help the families of the slain Dallas officers and is asking the public to join in.
He said: “Sometimes storms happen that are more than we can handle”.
Dallas PD officer Eddie Coffey, one of Ahrens’ colleagues, said he met him at the Dallas Police Academy and said he was determined to be a Dallas police officer.
Justin Bamberg, a lawyer for Sterling’s son, said he hoped the officer who shot Sterling would be criminally charged following the federal investigation into the incident.
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Widow Heidi and daughters Victoria, 14, and Caroline, 9, wrapped their arms around each other before Smith’s younger sister delivered a teary remembrance of her brother. When it comes to shootings by police, “they can’t be right every time“, he said.
