Please don’t let hate infect your heart. After sending prayers to all those affected by this tragedy (the killing of Sterling), he also said Baton Rouge “MUST and WILL get better”. 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.
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Jackson’s aunt revealed his identity to CNN, simply saying, “Today isn’t going too well”.
East Baton Rouge Deputy Sheriff Brad Garafola left behind a wife and four children.
Police in both places say the killings were ambushes.
“Like most other police officers, they go where they’re needed”, said Cabral, an Army veteran and police officer in Temple, Texas. His death, followed by another police-involved shooting the same week in Minnesota, touched off demonstrations nationwide that have led to arrests and roadway closures. Baton Rouge, like Dallas, raises tensions in a tense USA populace.
But Long, who was black, said in a series of social media messages posted in recent days, some from Dallas, that he was fed up with the mistreatment of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement, and praised the attack on Dallas police. “Obviously our community is hurting, and only through peace can we heal, and that’s going to take meaningful dialogue”.
Even as Baton Rouge was mourning the three officers, news came Tuesday that a police in Kansas City was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol vehicle. “We are going to move forward”.
“We’ve been questioned for the last [two] weeks about our militarized tactics and our militarized law enforcement”, the police chief continued.
“We are determined to do everything that we can to bridge divides, to heal the rifts and to restore trust, but most of all, now is the time to ensure that every American, everyone, under the sheltering arm of our Constitution, feels respected, feels supported, feels safe, everyone – no matter the color of their skin, the color of their uniform, where they live, where they work, this is all our house, this is all our house and we have to protect it”. Pitts said it devastated him that his nephew will never get the chance to know the great man his father was. His family shared his story with Eyewitness News. “Day to day they deal with stress all the time, they’re trained, they understand people may not like the police in general”.
As the nation debates race and policing, this community of about 10,000 is mourning three of its sons – all husbands and fathers described by friends as being committed to protecting and serving the public.
Jackson posted on Facebook that he was physically and emotionally exhausted.
“He loved his city”, Godal said.
Former Sergeant Gavin Eugene Long, an Iraq war veteran with ties to an African-American anti-government group, seemed determined to slay as many police officers as possible before a SWAT team marksman cut short his attack on Sunday, according to authorities’ account the next day.
“He felt hurt, and he wants justice for their family also”. And, moments later, an officer pleads with dispatchers: “We need the BearCat!” – an armored personnel carrier of military lineage – to collect the wounded police.
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“I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me.” he wrote.
