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[B]Brent Thompson: Recently married[/B]
Brent Thompson, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer, was the first officer to die in that agency's line of duty.
"Brent was a great officer," said James Spiller, chief of DART Police. "He was an outstanding patrol officer as well as a rail officer. We have the highest respect for him."[/quote]
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[B]Patrick Zamarripa: Father of two[/B]
Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was deployed to Bahrain as part of the Iraq War effort, military records show.
He was the father of two children and greatly loved by his family.[/quote]
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[B]Michael Krol: Worked hard to become officer[/B]
Michael Krol's lifelong dream was to be a police officer, his uncle, Jim Ehlke, told CNN affiliate WDIV.
"He got into law enforcement and worked really hard to be a police officer. He spent some time at the correctional facility. It wasn't quite what he was looking for, so he worked pretty hard to find a job and got one in Dallas," Ehlke said.
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[B]Lorne Ahrens: 'Dedicated professional'[/B]
Dallas Officer Lorne Ahrens, 48, was a great coworker, said Sgt. Anthony Gunn of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"I had the honor of working with Lorne at LASD's Lennox Station in the early 1990s and at Lancaster Station in the late 1990's," Gunn told CNN. "I was a young deputy and he was a law enforcement technician, assigned to input and dispatch calls for service at both stations.
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[B]Michael Smith: Family man[/B]
Dallas police Officer Michael Smith, 55, was a devoted family man to his wife, Heidi, and two daughters, ages 14 and 9, said Barbara Lynn Greb Durkee, a family friend.
"He was very private and protective of his family, never drove his patrol car home, never wore his uniform around the house or near home," she said. "He didn't want people to follow him home and know where he lived. He was an Army Ranger so maybe him being protective was a natural progression."[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/us/dallas-shooting-victims/index.html[/url]
Reading this just fucking enrages me even more about this.
Which one of them confronted the attacker in the video that has been going around?
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;50685060]Which one of them confronted the attacker in the video that has been going around?[/QUOTE]
Very difficult to say I think, to me it looked like the Officer was bald, so I would assume either Officer Thompson or Officer Ahrens. Apparently Officer Thompson briefed others on how to handle an active shooter so maybe he was trying to take out the threat, but there is speculation on whether the Officer knew the shooter was that close so it may not have been him.
I could be completely wrong but from the footage I've seen that's what I would assume. I think no matter who it was we can all agree they died as heroes - when you see the footage from people on scene and you see all these officers running [I]towards[/I] the shooter, it really makes you appreciate the sacrifices they are all willing to make on the public's behalf.
Huge respect to all these officers. It takes a lot of bravery to run towards the gunfire, especially with so much to lose, which it seems, these men had.
I'm really glad that I haven't seen anything report on the person doing the killing. (Though, I'm aware that doesn't mean it hasn't been happening - I've just not seen it.)
...One of the officers spent time at a correctional facility? Can't you not become a police officer if you have a criminal record?
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50685595]...One of the officers spent time at a correctional facility? Can't you not become a police officer if you have a criminal record?[/QUOTE]
I assume they mean he worked as a prison guard to start with, but was later able to become a police officer
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50685595]...One of the officers spent time at a correctional facility? Can't you not become a police officer if you have a criminal record?[/QUOTE]
It's easier in the states to become a officer if you work as a C.O at a prison (a guard).
I hope that sorry sack of crusted cum rots in hell for what he did to these officers and their families.
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50685595]...One of the officers spent time at a correctional facility? Can't you not become a police officer if you have a criminal record?[/QUOTE]
You misread pretty hard, I'm assuming. :v:
He started as a corrections officer, and then moved to the PD is what they mean, I think.
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;50685060]Which one of them confronted the attacker in the video that has been going around?[/QUOTE]
Looks to be either Thompson or Ahrens, judging by the officer in that videos' weight and baldness.
(Not trying to sound rude here)
Heroes.
All because some violent racist wanted to live out his ignorant fantasy.
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50685786]Looks to be either Thompson or Ahrens, judging by the officer in that videos' weight and baldness.
(Not trying to sound rude here)[/QUOTE]
I wonder if Thompson had a gun, I heard usually DART officers do not carry any weapons.
Actually, thinking about it, he probably did have a gun in this situation.
The first officer killed was the father of a girl I know back home. Depressing to hear about this kind of stuff because most military can relate to police officers in the sense that most of your shift/watch is just trying to hang in there until you can go home, something these officers never be able to do again.
It really humanizes the statistic, reading this. It's hard to not feel anything when reading about each person.
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