SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2016
Today We Honor those Five Dallas Police Officers Killed By A Racist Sniper Late Thursday As They Guarded Anti-Police Brutality Marchers.

Fox News says they were military veterans, husbands and fathers who served the city of Dallas – and died protecting the rights of fellow Americans to criticize their brethren in blue.

Five police officers — four from the city’s main department and one from Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) — were killed by a racist sniper late Thursday as they guarded anti-police brutality marchers. By Friday evening, all had been identified: Brent Thompson, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Mike Smith and Lorne Ahrens.

Thompson, 43, who joined the DART police department in 2009, was the first member of the 27-year-old department to die in the line of duty. A former Marine, he had married a fellow police officer just two weeks ago, officials said.

Krol, 40, was a Redford, Mich. native who joined the Dallas Police Department in 2007 after working for four previous years as a sheriff’s deputy in Wayne County, Mich. His mother, Susan Elkhe, released a statement Friday saying her son was “living a dream of being a police officer … He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty.”

Zamarripa, 32, a five-year Dallas Police Department veteran, served three tours in Iraq with the Navy, according to The Washington Post. He was married and was the father of a 2-year-old daughter. “He comes to the United States to protect people here,” Zamarripa’s father, Rick, told the Post. “And they take his life.”

Smith, 55, served for seven years in the U.S. Army. He joined the Dallas Police Department in 1989 after graduating from Lamar University. The Dallas Morning News reported that Smith received 31 stitches on his head after he and a partner were attacked by gang members in 2009.

Ahrens, 48, had been with the Dallas Police Department since 2002. Prior to coming to Dallas, the Los Angeles Times reported that Ahrens had worked as a civilian for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for 11 years. The Washington Post reported that Ahrens grew up in the Los Angeles area and still has family in Simi Valley.

Today The Blower Stands With Members Of The Dallas Police Department Because #Police Lives Matter.

God Bless Our Police Officers And The United States Of America!
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