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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, On November 22, 1963, Officer J. D. Tippit of the |
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Dallas Police Department made the ultimate sacrifice in behalf of |
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his fellow citizens; and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Tippit was on patrol that day when President |
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated; he responded to the all-points |
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bulletin that followed, spotted and was attempting to question or |
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arrest Lee Harvey Oswald when the officer was shot and mortally |
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wounded by the suspect; and |
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WHEREAS, Dallas police were soon alerted to the shooting of |
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one of their own, and Lee Harvey Oswald was subsequently arrested; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Tippit left behind a wife of 17 years, |
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Marie, and their three children, Charles Allen, Brenda, and Curtis; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, J. D. Tippit was a dedicated and courageous police |
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officer who gave his life in the line of duty; his heroism remains |
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vivid in the hearts of those who cared for him and in the minds of |
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those who remember the tragic events of that fateful day; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory and service of Officer |
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J. D. Tippit; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dallas |
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Police Officer J. D. Tippit. |