The three are among 10 law enforcement officers killed over a span of 10 turbulent days around the country by attackers – at a protest march in Dallas, a courthouse in MI and now a convenience store in Baton Rouge.
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“We can and do provide the best quality law enforcement that we can but we cannot be held responsible for the social issues such as poverty, lack of mental health services, unemployment, and abject poverty”, the group said. “We are the children of the future”, it read. His childhood in southern Louisiana was defined by racial inequities, with a white girl spitting in his face in the third grade.
Tensions continued to simmer, but the protests largely dissipated as Sterling’s family laid him to rest Friday at a memorial service that drew thousands.
President Obama on Monday penned an open letter to law enforcement in the wake of ambush attacks against police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La.
Faith and community leaders, black and white, gathered at a Baton Rouge church Tuesday to discuss ways to improve police relations with local black residents.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert). East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies Natasha Stingley, right, and Minnie Ducksworth, left, bow their heads in prayer before releasing balloons at a noon vigil organized by municipal court workers in downtown Baton Rouge, La.,. The dead suspect in the Baton Rouge shooting was wearing all black and a mask, Baton Rouge Police Department Sgt Don Coppola said.
Officials confirmed that three law enforcement officers died while three others were wounded during the shooting on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, over a kilometer away from police headquarters. “Just as [Alton Sterling’s] family is hurting, now we have many [the families of the slain officers] hurting”.
Also known as the Washitaw Nation, the Washitaw De Dugdahmoundyah is a Louisiana-based group that claims to be a sovereign Native American nation within the U.S. The Washitaw Nation is made up of African Americans, and its core tenet is that followers are descendants of the “Ancient Ones”, or “black ones”, who occupied North America tens of thousands of years before white Europeans. “And if your heart cries out for only one side, then you need to check yourself”.
“We proclaim loudly our appreciation for the acts of service you perform as part of your daily routine”, he wrote. “The president’s strong support for American law enforcement officers is crystal-clear”. He says police have been demoralized, and he singles out Hillary Clinton for recently talking about “systemic racism” in law enforcement. Protesters “have already been in that place”.
The protests have temporarily ceased, but Dunn expects them to resume after the funerals for the slain officers.
“We want to look at the footprint of that auto”.
Long apparently visited Dallas after the shootings there, posting a YouTube video July 10 in which he said he was in the Texas city and spoke of the recent protests and officer-involved shootings.
She said she didn’t sleep for four nights after Sterling died because she felt so very bad about his death.
She drove off in a vehicle with its windows covered in messages: “R.I.P Alton S” and “Peace” and “Unity”.
The police chief also praised Jackson, a father of four, noting that just a couple of days before the shooting, when he went to talk to his officers to try to lift their spirits, “Montrell ended up giving me a pep talk”.
In the letter, Obama said “we will get through this hard time together”.
“We also call on our officers to show respect for our citizens”, he said.
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“All lives matter”, said the Rev. “She has said we’re all that way – he didn’t say one or two, she said we’re all that way”.
