Two of the Dallas officers survived Iraq and Afghanistan

Just to come home and get killed while protecting peaceful protesters in the streets. Protesters who are wearing shirts and chanting the name of a man who was a convicted sex offender, burglar, woman beater, and drug dealer.

Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa had survived three tours in Iraq with the Navy, his father, Rick Zamarripa, told The Washington Post. When he got out of the service five years ago, he joined theDallas Police Department and recently started working a bicycle patrol in downtown. Officer Zamarripa was married and the father of a 2-year-old daughter.

Thompson worked from 2004 to 2008 for DynCorp International, an American private military contractor. According to Thompson's LinkedIn page, he worked as an international police liaison officer, helping teach and mentor Iraqi police. Thompson's last position was as the company's chief of operations for southern Iraq, where he helped train teams covering Baghdad to the southern border with Kuwait. He also worked in northern Iraq and in Afghanistan, where he was a team leader and lead mentor to the southern provincial police chief. DART Chief James Spiller said Thompson had married another DART officer within the last two weeks.

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