Baton Rouge police officer Montrell Jackson had expressed the exhaustion, frustration and vulnerability of being a cop as well as any officer in these chaotic weeks.
After protests in Baton Rouge and across the country and the assault on Dallas police, he took to Facebook to describe his state of mind. “In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat,” he wrote. “I’m tired physically and emotionally.” But he continued to show up and do his job, he said, and he offered hugs to anyone who encountered him.
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