Editorial: jg-dp-nw-newport-news-officer-procession-01

Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew falls to one knee and touches the hearse carrying officer Katherine Thyne outside of the Newport News Police Department South Precinct during a procession Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged by the car of a man who she and another officer were questioning. On Saturday, the Newport News Police Department transported officer Katherine Thyne from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Norfolk to Altmeyer Funeral Home in Newport News.

Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew falls to one knee and touches the hearse carrying officer Katherine Thyne outside of the Newport News Police Department South Precinct during a procession Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged by the car of a man who she and another officer were questioning. On Saturday, the Newport News Police Department transported officer Katherine Thyne from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Norfolk to Altmeyer Funeral Home in Newport News.