Monday, July 18, 2016

All The Officers Killed And Injured In Baton Rouge Identified

Weasel Zippers
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"Montrell Jackson, 32, father of 1;  Brad Garofala, 45, father of 4; Matthew Gerald, 41, father of 2. Gerald was a relatively new officer and had been working on his own for just 12 days…
The Louisiana governor called the shooting of Baton Rouge deputies and officers "an absolutely unspeakable heinous attack" Sunday, as the city mourned the deaths of three officers and prayed for the recovery of one "fighting for his life."
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards described Sunday morning's deadly ambush on six Baton Rouge officers as "unjustifiable" and said, "the violence, the hatred just has to stop." 
Officials said the officers were shot Sunday after responding to a call about a man walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle at approximately 8:40 a.m. outside a store in Baton Rouge — about a mile from police headquarters.

 

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