Montrell Jackson of the Baton Rouge Police Department on Monday marked the final funeral procession for the three law enforcement officers slain during an ambush attack on June 17.
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A 10-year veteran of the police force, Jackson and two other law enforcement officers were killed July 17 by a masked gunman who officials say appeared to be targeting police. Many people stood along the roadway with flags in hands and hands across their hearts as a long line of law enforcement officers preceded Jackson’s hearse.
Thousands packed the Living Faith Christian Center in north Baton Rouge on Monday for a 2½-hour service celebrating city police officer Montrell Jackson. His younger brother, Kedrick Pitts, repeated the words again at Jacksons funeral.
Just days before he was shot and killed, Jackson 32, posted an emotional Facebook message saying he was “physically and emotionally” exhausted and expressing how hard it was to be both a police officer and a black man.
Jackson was called a true hero a loving husband and father, so proud of his new baby just four months old.
It also came amid days of unrest over the police killings of two black men under questionable circumstances earlier this month – Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge on July 5, and Philando Castile, 32, near St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 6.
I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me. A Superman “S” was emblazoned on a collage of photographs displayed above Jackson’s coffin. “We are going to be better.I pray that we will all work together to make Baton Rouge and Louisiana and our nation a better place for all of us, but especially for Mason”.
“I want you to know that in the weeks to come when the camera stop flashing, we got you”, Cpl.
Montrell Jackson wrote those words only days before his death, in a Facebook post that described the difficulties of being both a black man and a police officer. Your hearts got to go out for stuff like that. Its not a white thing. But rather than focus on Jacksons sadness, friends and family stressed the messages hopeful end. Its a human race thing..
“There is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were targeted and assassinated”, Col. Michael D. Edmonson of the Louisiana State Police said.
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Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are expected to speak at a memorial service Thursday in Baton Rouge for the three law enforcement officers killed by a lone gunman during a shootout outside a convenience store.
