FOUR DOWN - 20,000 RESPONDED...

FUNERAL FOR FOUR HEROES

UNPRECEDENTED TEN'S OF THOUSANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE USA, CANADA, AND OVERSEAS SHOWED UP FOR THE FUNERAL FOR THE 4 SLAIN POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE TACOMA SUBURB OF LAKEWOOD. OVER 20,000 POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVED FOR THE FUNERAL. 1,000 ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE OFFICERS DRESSED IN THEIR RED UNIFORMS FORMED A MASSIVE SEA OF RED. OVER 100 OFFICERS ATTENDED FROM NEW YORK, AND ANOTHER 100 FROM BOSTON. ALL HOTELS IN TACOMA WERE BOOKED FULL AND THE OVERFLOW OFFICERS WERE INVITED INTO THE HOMES OF LOCAL OFFICERS. MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE OFFERED THEIR BASE AS A STAGING AREA FOR OVER 1,000 POLICE VEHICLES THAT WOULD FORM A PROCESSION FROM LAKEWOOD TO THE TACOMA DOME. AN AMAZING 3,000 VEHICLES SHOWED UP FROM ALL OVER THE USA AND THE PROCESSION TOOK 4 HOURS TO WIND THEIR WAY TO THE TACOMA DOME WITH THE STREETS LINED WITH THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS ALONG THE WAY...ALL IN WEATHER THAT WAS SUNNY BUT AROUND 20F DEGREES. THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS THE PROCESSION AS THEY PICKED UP THE 4 WHITE HEARSES IN LAKEWOOD. I'LL GIVE YOU THE REST OF THE REPORT IN PICTURES AS FOLLOWS...

3,000 POLICE VEHICLES STAGED AT MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE AS THE PROCESSION STARTS

THE LOCAL TV COVERAGE OF THE FUNERAL LASTED FOR OVER 6 HOURS.

NOTICE THE FACES AS THE OFFICERS PASSED BY...

THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WAS 10 MILES LONG AND TOOK 4 HOURS TO GET ALL THE VEHICLES TO THE TACOMA DOME

ARRIVING AT THE TACOMA DOME

MOVING THE CASKETS INSIDE

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE MARCH FROM THE PARKING AREA IN A SEA OF RED

AT EASE BEFORE THE START OF THE MARCH

INSIDE THE TACOMA DOME

POLICE OFFICER BADGES LEFT FROM ALL OVER THE USA

INSIDE

THANK YOU CANADA FOR YOUR RESPECT, AND ALSO TO ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS FROM OVER 275 CITIES WHO ATTENDED FROM ALL OVER THE USA ~ THANK YOU

THE 3 COURAGEOUS CHILDREN OF SLAIN OFFICER, GREG RICHARDS, SPEAK IN HIS MEMORY. GAVIN(10), JAMI-MAE(15), AUSTIN(17)

THIS WAS A FUNERAL THAT NOT ONLY HONORED THE MEMORY AND COURAGE OF THE 4 FALLEN OFFICERS, BUT TO HONOR ALL LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREMEN, PARAMEDICS, AND MILITARY POLICE FROM THE WHOLE USA WHO SERVE TO PROTECT US.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.