This morning, three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers lost their lives, one is in critical condition and two others were injured.
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2016, photo, a protester awaits allowed safe passage across a highway previously blocked by protesters, as law enforcement officers wearing riot gear stand in formation to control the road in Baton Rouge, La., during demonstrations about the fatal shooting by police of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge.
Mourners described Jackson as a loyal friend, an officer who loved his city and a proud father of his 4-month-old son Mason.
Baton Rouge residents have been mourning at a series of memorial and funeral services since Jackson, police officer Matthew Gerald and East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy Brad Garafola, were killed in a July 17 shootout with Gavin Long.
“I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me”, Jackson wrote. “In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat”, Jackson wrote. Jackson was laid to rest in the Greenoaks Cemetery.
The Living Faith Christian Center, which holds 2,500 people in its seats, was packed and overflowing. But it was another line of Jackson’s that would become a second refrain during his funeral service: “Please don’t let hate infect your heart”.
On Friday, hundreds turned out for a funeral service for police officers Matthew Gerald, 41.
The message was posted July 8, just three days after a black man was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge.
“They’re always hard”, Fendrick said. A Superman “S” was emblazoned on a collage of photographs displayed above Jackson’s coffin.
Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were there, and Sgt. Sara Knelson expressed her feelings and those of her colleagues to NBC6 Anchor Dan Jovic, saying “We are bringing the condolences, the thoughts and prayers of every police officer in Canada with us”. “They were heroes. That’s what they do, they protect us”.
The widow of slain Baton Rouge police Officer Montrell Jackson says she fears there will be more bloodshed until people can “come together and unite as one”.
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“You loved this city”, Dabadie said. President Obama flew to Dallas for an interfaith memorial service, where he spoke about the fallen officers, as well as race, including how to improve relations between police and the communities they serve.
