ARE WAITING FOR HOURS TO GET A CHANCE IS FREE GAS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GIVEAWAY AS ALL THESE
PEOPLE HOPE TO MAKE THE CUT.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN HERE AT
FOUR WITH A DAY OF TRIBUTES FOR
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER LAUREN
COURTS, FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER
COURTS WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. JUST OVER
AN HOUR AGO. SKY FOUR WAS
OVERHEAD AS HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT
FROM GREATER GRACE TEMPLE TO
WOODLAND CEMETERY, HIS FINAL
RESTING PLACE. HARTMAN HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE SERVICES AND SHE
JOINS US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON
FROM GREATER GRACE TEMPLE. AN
EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE ENTIRE
CITY, PAULA. ABSOLUTELY A TOUGH
DAY AND, OF COURSE, PARTICULARLY
FOR HIS LOVED ONES AND FAMILY
MEMBERS. AS YOU SAID, AT THIS
MOMENT, HE’S BEEN INTERRED AT
WOODLAWN CEMETERY. IT’S ABOUT A
15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE. UNLESS OF COURSE,
YOU’RE BEING ACCOMPANIED BY
ABOUT 200 OR EVEN MORE POLICE
VEHICLES. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT
MAKES IT LONGER OR SHORTER. BUT
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE LONGEST RIDES FOR HIS
FAMILY. I GOT A RESPONSE FROM AT
6 11 FROM THE BAGPIPES LEADING
THE PROCESSION FROM THE CHURCH.
THE SLOW SALUTE. THE RITUAL OF
END OF WATCH SUPPORTS, YOU ARE
CLEAR TO ASCEND TO YOUR FINAL
DESTINATION. REST EASY. YOUR
FAMILY BEHIND THE BADGE. WE’LL
TAKE IT FROM HERE. GOD BLESS YOU
THINK THAT PARENTS ARE BURYING
THEIR CHILD, A WIFE OR HUSBAND
CHILDREN? THEIR FATHER, A
COMMUNITY, A HERO WHO RAN
TOWARDS GUNFIRE INSTEAD OF AWAY
. THIS IS NOT OKAY. EVERYONE
SHOULD FEEL THIS LOSS OFFICER
LAUREN COURTS WAS EULOGIZED.
TODAY A MOMENT WAS TAKEN TO SAY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IT DIDN’T HAVE
TO END THIS WAY. DON’T KILL
PEOPLE. PEOPLE DEAL PEOPLE, BUT
PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE WITH GUNS.
AND IT MUST BE SAID TODAY. THAT
I THOUGHT AND PRAYERS HAVE TO BE
ELEVATED. BECAUSE THE DAY I FEEL
THAT WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES DO
AWAY. WITH THIS INGENUOUS
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, HIS
CHILDHOOD PHOTOS FLASHED ON THE
SCREEN AT GREATER GRACE TEMPLE
DURING THE COURSE SELECTION
SLICES OF A LIFE WELL LIVED BUT
CUT SHORT. THE LITTLE BOY. THE
HUSBAND. THE FATHER, THE SON.
FRIEND. THE POLICE OFFICER WHO
GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING OTHERS
. TODAY IS THE DAY TO FOCUS ON
THOSE WHO WILL MISS HIM AT THE
DINNER TABLE AND BEDTIME.
OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE, WHICH HAS SEEN FAR
TOO MANY FUNERALS OF POLICE
OFFICERS. THE SHEER SHOW OF
SUPPORT IT IS AN AWE INSPIRING
SIGHT. AS IT IS SAD. EVERY
OFFICER STANDING HERE TODAY FROM
TEXAS TO NEW YORK ACROSS THE
BORDER IN CANADA FROM EACH END
OF 6, 96 AND SOUTH OF THE BORDER
ON I 75 EACH OFFICER WHO STANDS
AT ATTENTION AND SALUTES. NO BUT
FOR THE TIME AND PLACE. THERE
COULD GO. I AND I ARE BOTH
POLICE OFFICERS, SO
UNFORTUNATELY HAD CONVERSATIONS
. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIDS AND YOU
KNOW THEY’RE. UNFORTUNATELY THIS
IS THE REALITY OF OUR PROFESSION
. TOO SAD REALITY, BUT IT’S
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE
PREPARED FOR. AND YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE TO, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE
THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO IT’S JUST
ALL AROUND. SAD SAID REALITY.
THAT REALLY IS A SAD REALITY AND
YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF IT WHEN
YOU SEE ALL OF THESE POLICE
OFFICERS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER
THE NATION ALSO WANTED TO JUST
KIND OF SHOW YOU THIS PROGRAM
BECAUSE WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS
WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP TO THE
MIDDLE, AND YOU SEE ALL OF THESE
FAMILY PHOTOS. THIS IS THE SUM
TOTAL. THIS IS WHAT IS LOST A
FAMILY MAN, A PERSON IN THIS
COMMUNITY. A HUMAN BEING REALLY
, REALLY TOUGH DAY FOR EVERYONE
. AND, OF COURSE, OF COURSE TO
HIS PERSONAL LOVED ONES AS WELL.
COMING UP AT FIVE. THERE’S
SOMEONE INTERESTING WHO IS
PINNING BLUE RIBBONS ON THE
LAPELS OF THE OFFICERS, A WIFE
OF A FALLEN HERO FROM SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, SHE TELLS US WHAT IT
WAS LIKE INSIDE FOR A FAMILY
GOING THROUGH THIS AND SEEING
ALL OF THIS INSPIRING SHOW OF
SUPPORT YOU BACK HERE AT FIVE.
HEARTBREAKING DAY. ALL RIGHT.