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YOU, VICTOR. THEY CAME FROM
POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND FROM ACROSS THE
BORDER IN CANADA GATHERED AT
GREATER GRACE TEMPLE IN DETROIT
TO SALUTE AND SEND OFF DPD
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS, WHO WAS
SHOT AND KILLED EARLIER THIS
MONTH WHILE SERVING HIS CITY. HE
WAS JUST 40 YEARS OLD HUSBAND
AND A FATHER OF TWO PAULA TUTMAN
HAS BEEN COVERING OFFICER OF
COURSE, FUNERAL FORCE. AND JOINS
US LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON TODAY’S
MEMORIAL, WHICH PAUL AT TIMES
WAS QUITE UPLIFTING. IT WAS, BUT
ALSO VERY, VERY SAD. YOU KNOW,
I’VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS
PROGRAM AND IT REALLY GIVES YOU
A SNAPSHOT OF THE MAN BEHIND THE
BADGE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU
JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE
FEELING OF THE DAY AND I READ
THIS. IT SAYS TO OUR SECOND
BORN. WE NEVER IMAGINED YOU
GETTING TO THE PEARLY GATES
BEFORE US. WE WILL SEE YOU ON
THE OTHER SIDE LOVE MOM AND DAD.
THAT SUMS UP THE MOOD OF THE
DAY. OFFICER COURTS WAS
REMEMBERED FOR BEING THAT SON
WHO LET HIS PARENTS KNOW WHEN HE
WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK AND ON
HIS WAY HOME. HE DIDN’T STOP IN
THE VISIT. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO
WORK. BUT AS HE WOULD GO BY HE
WOULD SHINE A LIGHT IN THEIR
WINDOW. TO LET THEM KNOW. HE WAS
THINKING ABOUT THEM, AND
CHILDREN OF OFFICER LAUREN
COURTS WERE MENTIONED OFTEN AND
WE GOT TO MEET THE MAN BEHIND
THE BADGE TO OUR BATMAN. WE WILL
FOREVER MISS YOU. WE ARE THE
LUCKY ONES TO HAVE HAD YOU IN
OUR LIVES. YOU ARE OUR BEST
FRIEND AND THE BEST DADDY AND
BEST HUSBAND. ANYONE COULD ASK
FOR WE PROMISED TO MAKE YOU
PROUD. WE LOVE YOU, DADDY. YOU
WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS
LOVING REMEMBRANCES OF AN OLDER
BROTHER, WHO LOST A PIECE OF
HIMSELF WHEN OFFICER COURTS WAS
TAKEN FROM HIM. LAUREN WAS MY
BEST FRIEND. I’M A MISS HIM
DEARLY. UM, I WILL NOT BE THE
SAME. UM ANYMORE. NOW THAT HE’S
GONE FROM THE BAGPIPES LEADING
THE PROCESSION FROM THE CHURCH.
TO THE SLOW SALUTE. THE
TRADITION OF BURNING A POLICE
OFFICER WHO FALLS IN THE LINE OF
DUTY IS SOLEMN RITUALS ARE AS
HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL AS THEY ARE
SAD. THERE’S A SHOW OF FORCE
BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE JUST
THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE.
FAMILY MEMBERS COME OUT. THEY
WATCHED THE PROCESSION AND THEY
SEE LOVE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
COMING IN THEIR WEAKEST MOMENT.
TO SHOW THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
THE DAY IS FILLED WITH TRADITION
, THE ARMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND THE
NATION’S BORDERS ARE WRAPPED
AROUND THIS FAMILY WIFE,
CHRISTINE CHILDREN DEVON AND
DARIEN PARENTS, LARRY AND
LILLIAN BROTHERS, SISTERS,
NIECES, NEPHEWS, UNCLES, FRIENDS
. WE LOST ONE OF THE CITY’S SONS
AND SENSELESSLY. DUE TO GUN
VIOLENCE, BUT HE IS CERTAINLY A
HERO, THE OFFICERS THAT WORK
WITH HIM OR HEROES AND I COULD
NOT BE PROUDER OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I COULD NOT BE PROUDER WHEN THE
SINGING STOPS AND THE EULOGIES
END. WHEN THE OCEAN OF BLUE
WAVES GOODBYE IN THE END OF
FAMILY SENDS THEIR LOVED ONE
HOME AND IT IS NOT LOST ON
ANYONE THAT HOME IS NO LONGER
THERE’S SUPPORTS TO ASCEND TO
YOUR FINAL DESTINATION. REST
EASY. YOUR FAMILY BEHIND THE
BADGE. WE’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
GOD BLESS YOU. HIS PARENTS SAY
THEY’LL SEE HIM ON THE OTHER
SIDE OFFICER. COURTS HAS BEEN
INTERRED AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY.
MY PARTNER, JUSTIN AND I WERE
TRYING TO GAUGE HOW MANY
DEPARTMENTS WORK HERE. WE
COULDN’T COUNT THE VEHICLES, BUT
WE CAN SAY THERE ARE HUNDREDS
THEY WENT EASILY FOR OR FIVE
BLOCKS, AND THEY WERE 3 TO 4
VEHICLES. DEEP. GUYS. YEAH THE
END OF WATCH ALWAYS ALWAYS SO