Details are still emerging following a Sunday morning standoff and shooting in Burnsville that killed two police officers, one first responder, and the suspected shooter. The Law Enforcement Memorial Association (LEMA) is one group providing support to the families of the officers who died Sunday.
Prosecutors rested their case Thursday against Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright during an April traffic stop. The defense moved for a judgment of acquittal, which was denied.
it s so the parent is the minnesota law enforcement memorial association, they do a lot of work to help survivors and their families make their way through the process of getting benefits after their officer is killed in the line of duty. i was on the honor guard. what did you do being on the honor guard? when i started in 1998, i was on the colors team for a year or two and then i went to the casket team. what s the color team? carries flags. and the casket team? we would carry the casket or the urn of the fallen officer and fold their flag. would you be in contact with the deceased family. sometimes with the family, a lot of times with the chief of police because i have to give the folded flag to the police chief. this was throughout the state of minnesota? yes. these were police officers