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Airlines help victims' families, new legislation proposed, "Imagine Peace Forever" art displayed
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Southwest, American airlines help with airfare for families affected by the shootings. Southwest Airlines is going to provide free air travel to 500 people after the police shootings last week. “Our focus during this response has been providing travel for the families of those who lost loved ones or have loved ones recovering from injuries,” said Dennis Post, Southwest’s manager of emergency response. The airline also flew family members of the victims and police officers nationwide to Dallas so they could attend the memorial services. American is helping to transport victims’ families as well.

Bill proposed to make killing police a federal crime. Sen. John Cornyn, who spoke at Tuesday’s memorial service at the Meyerson downtown, introduced a bill yesterday that he argues would increase protection for law enforcement in light of the police shootings last week. The legislation, called The Back the Blue Act of 2016, would make killing a federal judge or law enforcement officer a federal crime with a mandatory 30-year minimum sentence. The bill would also provide federal grant money for police to spend in order to make relations with their communities better.

Yoko Ono’s gift to Dallas: “Imagine Peace Forever.” Gavin Delahunty, the Dallas Museum of Art’s senior curator of contemporary art, wanted to display a work of art that would be reflective of and important for last week’s events. He asked Yoko Ono for help, and she remembered the installation she created in 2001, “Imagine Peace,” derived from her late husband’s song, “Imagine.” For Dallas, she updated her work: “Imagine Peace Forever.” It’s displayed on a large banner in English and Spanish in the DMA’s Ross Avenue Plaza for the next month.

Army begins internal review of the shooter’s military record. Pentagon officials said yesterday that the U.S. Army launched a review of Micah Johnson’s military record. He had served in the reserves for six years.

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