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Editorial: We are all diminished by Deputy Dixon’s death
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An American flag is held with a black and blue ribbon attached to it during a procession on Browns Bridge Road for Deputy Nicolas Blane Dixon on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Dixon was shot and killed Sunday night while pursuing subjects along Jesse Jewell Parkway in Gainesville. - photo by Austin Steele
The mournful notes of the bagpipes, the draped flags, the solemn procession of patrol cars and motorcycles, the cadence of the gun salute and the emotionally chilling reality of the final end-of-watch radio dispatch have become known to us all as we have watched other communities grieve the loss of public servants committed to the concept of “serve and protect.”