The Dallas massacre, during an otherwise peaceful “Black Lives Matter” protest, which killed 5 police officers and injured 11 people, is the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since the terrorist attacks on Sep.
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Smith was an Army Ranger before joining the Dallas police force in 1989.
The funerals came a day after President Barack Obama praised the slain officers’ heroism, condemned the attack as an “act not just of demented violence but of racial hatred” and made an impassioned plea for national unity. The two other services are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
The service featured a montage of photos of the 43-year-old Thompson with family, friends and fellow officers with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
A private Catholic funeral service for Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith was held Wednesday at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch, north of Dallas, where Smith, his wife and their two daughters attended church services.
Ahrens was one of the 5 officers killed during a Dallas ambush more than a week ago.
People gathered today at funeral services for three of the five law enforcement officers, who were killed while on duty in the previous week. There’s some good police officers. Lorne Ahrens all three slain in downtown Dallas Thursday by a sniper during a march to protest recent fatal shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana by police. Thursday’s service is at Watermark Church in Dallas, where he worked part time as a security officer.
Dozens of police motorcycles lead the funeral procession of slain Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith as it travels to restland Memorial Park on July 14, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.
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During the funeral service at the cavernous Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, fellow officer Debbie Taylor described Ahrens, 48, as a “gentle giant” who “strived to be the best, most knowledgeable officer”. He and two other members of the Honor Guard drove 20 hours, all to do the right thing.
