Living near Phoenix (and Glendale) during the winter, I was certainly dismayed at hearing of the two Dallas firefighters who were gunned down in drive-by shooting after the Super Bowl game. One of those public servants has now died from his injuries so this now becomes a homocide. It is also a blight on the hospitality of the area.
The latest news is that these firefighters might have been entrepreneurs as well, allegedly selling counterfeit NFL garb before the game. This is certainly illegal (got to protect the NFL after all), but it hardly is newsworthy in the same breath as a death by drive-by.
I have no idea if these men were "heroes" in Dallas, but if they were employed as firefighters and did their jobs day-to-day, then they were brave men who had risked their lives many times to save lives and property.
Their alleged indiscretion will be addressed, but it is not so heinous a crime that is shold blot out the work these men must have done serving the people of Dallas.
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