Publicado el 01-24-2011
A Touching Funeral for the
Murdered Police Officers
Interpreting the feelings of the whole nation, a touching funeral ceremony was held in Greater Miami for two martyrs in public service, two worthy Miami-Dade police officers, Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth. They were killed by a young criminal with a long record whom they were going to arrest.
The population had to stop many of its activities in important thoroughfares in the metropolitan area for the funeral procession to reach downtown Miami, the American Airlines Arena, where an impressive ceremony was held with the attendance of civil authorities and members of the police force from different cities in Florida and the country. A huge American flag was flown over the entrance to the Arena. This flag, known as the Patriot Flag, has been traveling through the country and will reach its final destination in New York City for the ceremonies commemorating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
This sad event should serve not only to pay tribute to the murdered officers, but also to meditate about the need to adopt measures of public safety that make more difficult or eliminate, if possible, these crimes that are becoming painfully frequent in the United States of America. A study should be made about criminals who are undeservedly enjoying freedom on parole, in a challenge to penal law and the common sense of the law-abiding individuals who in no way justify such leniency.
The reaction of the public participating in the funeral procession and the ceremony at the American Airlines Arena should have positive results, not only as a tribute to the dead officers, but also to act as a wake-up call for the nation’s conscience so that in the streets across the United State there are no more acts of violence such as those in Tucson, Arizona, a few weeks ago, and here in Miami in Liberty City.
The victims’ families should feel the moral support of the community and people should also feel a determination to prevent more crimes from being committed because of leniency in the laws and the authorities who should punish the criminals.
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