Shooting of Dallas officers spurs acts of kindness to police
Two patrol cars serving as a memorial outside of police headquarters were adorned with flowers, signs and flags by some of the people pausing to pay their respects to the five officers killed and seven wounded.
Abigail Bullard had similar thoughts while home with her 6- and 10-year-old sons in suburban Philadelphia, where the younger boy's fascination with emergency services personnel has developed into a friendship with a few Radnor Township officers.
Bullard had observed the kinship within their profession and knew they'd be affected by this week's news, so she and her sons delivered cookies and soft pretzels as comfort.
When she shared the story on Facebook, she concluded it simply: "Not all young black men are bad, and not all police officers are bad."
In Ballwin, Missouri, where a suburban St. Louis policeman was shot and critically hurt during a Friday traffic stop, Andrew Kulha brought the investigators water.