On the recordJuly 8, 2016
The entire Nation is aghast and shocked and in mourning about what happened in Dallas, Texas, last evening. One of the officers who was killed was an officer named Brent Thompson. He was a constituent of mine from Corsicana, Texas, and was a graduate of Corsicana High School. He was 43 years old. He had just gotten married 2 weeks earlier. He was a Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer, a DART officer, and he was shot--targeted--in cold blood by, apparently, an organized effort to target police officers, perhaps even Anglo police officers, in Dallas. We need to pray for his family, and we also need to take a look at our society and make a decision that we should respect, admire, and support those who defend us. Our prayers go out to Officer Thompson's family. ____________________
