The meetings, which were unannounced, lasted more than an hour.
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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 mot…
Three officers died Sunday in what police call an ambush by a gunman who also died.
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Marcelle said that she has a similar shirt, which has the names of the three officers – Matthew Gerald, Montrell and Brad Garafola – who were killed on July 17 by gunman Gavin Eugene Long who was targeting police officers – as well, adding that she opposes violence against any law enforcement officers.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff officer Eddie Guidry is comforted by Terri Carney.
“This is a time for all of Baton Rouge to stand together!”
“I never had… problems with him”, he said. The photographs appear to have been taken from inside a auto because a gearshift and a cup holder are visible.
Police said Captain Robert Melton was responding to reports of an armed disturbance on Tuesday afternoon, local time, when he was shot and killed.
“There is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were targeted and assassinated”, Louisiana State Police Col. Michael D. Edmonson said, according to the network. It was his 29th birthday. These two shootings not only set off protests throughout the United States but are believed to have been the reason for the killing of five police officers and the wounding of six more in Dallas and the Baton Rouge shooting of police officers.
“Our goal as an organization is not to return to the way were as a city prior to the death of Alton Sterling, our goal is to move us progressively forward”, echoed Rev. Patti Synder, pastor of University Presbyterian Church.
The story about the manifesto was first reported by BuzzFeed. Even Louisiana State University’s football coach, Les Miles, weighed in, saying in a statement that his heart “hurts for Baton Rouge and what’s happened in our community”.
The loss of three more police officers in Baton Rouge over the weekend demonstrates the importance of the federal government doing everything it can to help police officers go home at night and be safe, President Barack Obama said Tuesday after meeting with key leaders of his domestic security team.
Surveillance video showed a scene that was “chilling in the sheer brutality”, Edmonson said. He served one tour in Iraq before being honorably discharged.
Before the Baton Rouge shootings, Long posted rambling internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression.
He did not specifically mention Baton Rouge or detail his plans for an attack in the letter. He said there is no contradiction between making sure police have all the tools they need to do their job safely and in building trust between police and the communities they serve. “I see my actions as a necessary evil that I do not wish to partake in, nor do I enjoy partaking in, but must partake in, in order to create substantial change within America’s police force, and judicial system”.
He left a trail of writings, videos and social media posts describing his thoughts, ideas and worldview under the pseudonym Cosmo Setepenra.
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Karama, who described himself as a hip-hop artist and community activist, said he provided other information about Long’s emails to various news outlets. That’s a higher rate than the general US population, 7% to 8% of which will have PTSD at some point in their lives, the department says.
