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Over 1000 attend candlelight vigil for cops killed in Dallas

Over 1000 people on Tuesday gathered to attend a candlelight vigil in honour of victims of last week’s sniper attack in which five police officers were killed at a protest decrying police shootings of black men.

Portraits of the five slain officers were propped up in front of the speaker’s platform surrounded by flowers.

Five police officers were shot dead and seven others injured in “ambush style” firing by snipers in Dallas during a late night on demonstration protesting the fatal police shootings of black men on July 8, making it one of the deadliest days for police in US law enforcement history.

The shooting began near one of the busiest parts of the city’s downtown, filled with hotels and restaurants.

The four police officers who were killed are Patricio Zamarripa, Brent Thompson, Michael Krol, Lorne Ahrens and Michael Smith. Dallas Police Association President Ron Pinkston read out each name and asked officers to serve in the memory of the fallen heroes. Dallas Area Rapid Transit Chief J D Spiller said if someone thought last week’s violence would tear apart the city, “they were wrong,” and added that the state of Texas must lead on race relations in America.

Five officers were selected to speak on behalf of the victims. Dallas police Officer Josh Rodriguez, Zamarripa’s partner, said it was important people know those taken were more than officers. 
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