First funerals held for Dallas officers

Here’s a look back at the week through the eyes of photojournalists.

An attorney for relatives of a black man who was fatally shot during a struggle with two white Baton Rouge police officers is urging Louisiana’s attorney general to “fight for justice” in the case.

A funeral service for Thompson was scheduled for later Wednesday in Corsicana, south of Dallas.

A Dallas police chaplain pays his respects to Senior Cpl. He once received a “Cops’ Cop” award from the Dallas Police Association.

Magnus Ahrens, 8, sits on the front seat of the caisson carriage carrying his father, Dallas Police Sr. Cpl.

The next day at Lorne’s funeral, pastor Rick Owen told the grieving children that their dad was caught up in a “storm” on that tragic night in Dallas, reports the Dallas News.

Mourners grieve at a casket of slain Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith during a visitation for his body Tuesday.

A Catholic mass was held for a third officer, Michael Smith, whose funeral is being held today. Smith was one of five police officers killed during protest in Dallas last week.

The nearly simultaneous services for 27-year Dallas police veteran Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson came six days after their deaths in a downtown massacre that killed five cops. That service will be followed by a private burial.

The men were among five officers shot to death last week during an ambush by a black gunman who said he was acting in revenge for recent shootings of black Americans by white police officers. Castro, who had known Ahrens since he was a rookie on the force, finished his emotional speech by saying, “Lorne, I know you’re up there listening, brother. My son was one of them”, said Francis Kelly, mother of fallen police officer Eric Kelly.

“Don’t blame all police officers”.

The service begins at 1 p.m. ET at The Watermark Church in Dallas.

Thousands from across the country, including Officers from the Coastal Bend, turned out in Dallas where funerals were held for three of five Dallas Police officers killed in the line of duty.

Smith joined the Dallas police force in 1989. He and two other members of the Honor Guard drove 20 hours, all to do the right thing.