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Dallas Police Memorial Visitors Saddened by Baton Rouge Shootings

Flowers, balloons and messages of support continue to flood Dallas Police Headquarters. But on this Sunday there is fresh pain.

Pete Gonzales was already having trouble understanding the hate the took the lives of five Dallas police officers. Now with the attack in Baton Rouge he's worried for all law enforcers.

"They're not safe anymore," said Gonzales. "It's hard for them to go out there and do their job not knowing what's going to happen the next day.  It's hard on their families not knowing if daddy or their husband or their son is coming back home."

Jenny and James Doran live in downtown Dallas. Their hearts are heavy knowing another community now has to deal with the senseless murder of police.

"It's, it's terrible," said Doran. "My heart aches for cops all over the world and their families."

"I can't imagine what these families are going through and all the families of police officers all over the country right now," said Jenny Doran.

Cecilia Taylor is not surprised to that there has been another attack on police but hopes this is a final wake-up call for unity.

"It's got to change," said Taylor. "I feel like we just need to sit down and talk face to face."

Aryn Feickert is from California but stopped in Dallas during a cross country trip to pay her respects.  Her father is a sheriff's deputy and she worries now more than ever.

"I'm afraid for him to go to work everyday nowadays seeing what's been happening," said Feickert.

"All I can think about is at this point all we can really do is pray and pray for peace, pray for people to come and unite."

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