Editorial: jg-dp-nw-newport-news-officer-procession-02

Four-year-old Mekhi Flores looks up at his mother, officer Melessia Burwell, and other Newport News police officers while they salute a procession transporting officer Katherine Thyne to a funeral home Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged during a traffic stop. 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.

Four-year-old Mekhi Flores looks up at his mother, officer Melessia Burwell, and other Newport News police officers while they salute a procession transporting officer Katherine Thyne to a funeral home Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged during a traffic stop. 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.