Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. And im george howell. We continue covering the breaking news this hour here on cnn. In the state of Louisiana Police there trying to figure out the motive of a man who ambushed and killed three Police Officers in baton rouge sunday morning. Three other officers were wounded. One is in grave condition. Were told Police Received a call of a man carrying a rifle dressed all in black walking along a busy road, a highway, when officers arrived the shooting began. Listen. You hear and see it there. That video from the scene. The gunman died minutes later in that shootout with police. Keep in mind the situation in baton rouge was already tense after the Police Shooting of alton sterling that happened july 5th. And just last week Louisiana State police announced they had received threats against officers in the city of baton rouge. The officers killed have been identified as matthew gerald, montrell jackson, and brad garafola. U. S. President obama condemned the attack as cowardly and called for unity in america. It is so important that everyone, regardless of race or Political Party or profession, regardless of what organizations you are a part of, everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further. Well, the gunman had been very active online and talked openly about the need to fight back. Its a very confusing picture of who he was. Our Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin has more on the shooter. Reporter police are calling this an ambush that took place here in baton rouge on this terrible morning in which three officers were killed, three others injured. The shooter dead. And as they look into his social media presence, theyre painting a picture of a confused young man, a former marine. Hes 29 years old, africanamerican, out of kansas city, missouri, which means he would have had to have driven about 800 miles just to get here. Police believe based on where he was this morning that he had been here, he knew the train, and he had actually staked out where he would strike and kill these Police Officers. On social media, youtube postings he talked openly about the need to do more than just protest, that killings of blacks by Police Officers he basically gave a call to action. And he even gave instructions as to what people should think of him should anything happen if he would not be around. Police continue to investigate this terrible shooting while theyre also trying to deal with alton sterling, the killing that took place in baton rouge that sparked massive protests in this city. All of this going on while the Republican National convention gets under way in this country and people are just trying to get through what has been a very deadly summer. Drew griffin, cnn, baton rouge. Back to you. Again, three officers killed. One of them had posted on facebook about how tired he was both physically and emotionally. Thats montrell jackson, were talking about. The africanamerican who was killed. He talked about trying times in his post from july 8th one day after the Dallas Police ambush and three days after Alton Sterlings death. Lets take a moment here. I want you to listen to what some of jackson wrote. I swear to god i love this city but i wonder if this city loves me. In uniform i get nasty hateful looks. And out of uniform some consider me a threat. Ive experienced so much in my short life, and these last three days have tested me to the core. Keep in mind he is a new father or was a new father. Your heart goes out to him. Gutwrenching words there for sure. Earlier Anderson Cooper spoke with one of jacksons friends. Yeah, i think the facebook quote that has come out since his untimely passing says a lot. In his facebook quote hes saying, hey, if anybody, protesters, cops, anybody passing by needs a hug and a prayer, come talk to me. I think that said it. Ive seen him interact with the community a lot. And every time, i mean, he is just a cops cop. Strong guy, firm, but fair. Loving, family man. And you know, the scene at the hospital today with his wife and young child is just its something that i wish the nation could see. I mean, its very tragic when you see the people that love him. He was a loved man. You were in the emergency room. You were there at the hospital with Family Members of these officers. I mean, i cant imagine what that is like. Yeah. Its hard to describe. I dont have the words in my vocabulary. Ive had tragedy in my family. Ive had a close Family Member murdered in this city. And its you know, that phone call that just, you know, makes the hairs climb up your back is unspeakable. Its horrible. At the same time i think our city is bent. I just dont think its broken, anderson. I really dont. I think well come out of this. Cnn also spoke with jacksons uncle, who says montrell was dedicated to helping other people and making baton rouge a better city. Well, the friend of another officer killed in baton rouge, hes also paying tribute. He calls officer matthew gerald, one of the three men killed in baton rouge on sunday, calls him a wonderful guy. Nick lambert spoke with cnn about the time he spent with gerald in the u. S. Army. When asked how he wanted people to remember gerald, lambert said, his size. He was a small guy with a huge mentality. He was one of the true americans that lived to be a patriot. He was honored to have done the things he did. Baton rouge is already a very tense place, trying to come together after another highprofile shooting. The policeinvolved shooting of an africanamerican man, alton sterling, on july 5th. Sterlings aunt pleaded for peace, though. Very, very upset about violence following violence. Here she is. We dont call for no bloodshed thats how this all started. With bloodshed. We dont want no more bloodshed. If youre not leave, go home, referee wherever you come from. This is our house. You cant come in our house killing us. Thats what youre doing because at the end of the day when these people call these families, they tell them that their daddies and their mamas not coming home no more. I know how they feel. Because i got the same phone call. No justice no justice, no peace. Thats what were calling for. Stop this killing. Stop this killing. Stop this killing thats the second time weve heard that particular sound bite from her played. Its not easy to hear. So nice to see the familys pulling together and saying theyre sick of it. Theyre right in the middle of grieving and this happens. Cnns erin burnett spoke with the governor of louisiana about the shootings. He called them unjustifiable, and he called them senseless. It was a senseless act of violence. It is unspeakable. As i said earlier, its unjustifiable. Its unjustified. It just doesnt make any sense. It doesnt further any dialogue that is constructive in our nation today on any issue. And it just needs to stop. And for anybody who thinks that they were doing something that would honor the life of mr. Sterling here in baton rouge, or i should say the death perhaps, the family of mr. Sterling spoke out powerfully and eloquently about the need not to resort to violence. So that certainly its an interesting fact, i suspect, but at the end of the day the race of the shooter and of the officers is really immaterial. This is a terrible act of violence, and it should never happen in our country. Keeping in mind racial tension in the United States has increased dramatically, this month alone, july 5th, the shooting of alton sterling outside a convenience store, that sparked a number of protests across the country. Then of course a day later africanamerican Philando Castile was shot and killed by Law Enforcement during a traffic stop in minnesota. His fiance videostreamed the encounter, which went viral. And a debate over Law Enforcements use of Excessive Force was once again thrust into the spotlight. And on july 7th Micah Xavier Johnson gunned down five Police Officers in dallas, possibly in response to the previous shootings of africanamericans by Police Officers. The shooting in baton rouge has shocked the nation for sure, but many people see this as part of a larger Division Within the country. Cheryl dorsey is a retired Police Sergeant at the Los Angeles Police department and now joins us live from los angeles at 10 10 there in l. A. Cheryl, its good to have you with us. Lets talk about this, but first lets set up the context. We dont know the motive behind this shooting. Police have not indicated anything one way or the other. Were still waiting to hear from them. But there is a larger sentiment and a greater concern about threats against Police Officers in baton rouge. In the state of louisiana they were concerned about threats against Police Officers. What can you tell us about how officers are dealing with that . Well, these are very difficult times, george. And certainly theres tremendous pain and grief on both sides. And you know, this is not an either or situation. This is an and conversation that we should be having. And unless and until Police Chiefs are honest about the things that are affecting our young people that are causing them to feel so helpless and hopeless in their situations that they get to a point where theyre fed up and they act out in a way that is unconscionable, understand, i dont condone violence against Police Officers and i do not condone violence by Police Officers. But to ignore the elephant in the room and pretend like there is not a causal effect is disingenuous. We need to have an honest dialogue about how to bridge that gap between minority communities and Police Officers so theres no more loss of life on either side. Cheryl, im sure our viewers around the world can appreciate you getting into the things that are leading up to this, but i do want to just ask you, though, as a retired Law Enforcement official and for other Law Enforcement officials, people who go to work each day, they go out to protect and serve, they want to come home to their families, how are they dealing with this concern that persists . Well, you know, theyre going to go out and theyre going to do their job as they always have. Theyre going to be professional. But theyre going to be mindful because understand, we recognize that complacency kills. And you know, the days of routine traffic stops, routine radio calls are no more. And so Police Officers are now going to have to be mindful on every call, whether its a high priority or a routine disturbance call, that this could be a setup, that someone could want to hurt you for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with you. So thats when we rely on our training and thats when we do that thing that we practiced and learned so that we do play like we practiced, keep ourselves safe, and make it home to our family at the end of our shift. Cheryl, theres that old saying that there are always some bad apples in the bunch but you cant, you know, throw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. There are a lot of good Police Officers out there who do their job day in and day out. So a question to you. Does it make officers secondguess themselves at times . Well, i hope that officers dont secondguess themselves because in that moment thats when things can go awry and thats when we can get hurt. And so listen, 99 of the officers who come on the job do it for the right reason. They do a tremendous job day in and day out. So i dont want to broad blanket the profession to say that all officers are acting inappropriately any more than i want to broad blanket a group in the community to say that they are somehow antipolice. So we have to be honest about our differences, have a real dialogue about our angst, and when we find officers who are errant and who are violating policy and or law that results in deadly force the Police Departments need to deal with those officers. Families, victims of those Police Officers want accountability. They want there to be a consequence for the choice that the officer made. And until that happens i think were going to see a lot of angst based on people who are not able to really resolve those issues in their own head. Cheryl, good to delve into the nuance in this with you. Cheryl dorsey, live for us in los angeles. Cheryl, thank you for your time. Well have more on that story in a moment here. But coming up, were going to turn to some other news were following. Funerals have begun in turkey for people, hundreds killed in a failed coup attempt there. How ankara is cracking down on the alleged protesters. As cnn newsroom continues. Is it a force of nature . Or a sales event . The summer of audi sales event is here. Get up to a 5,000 bonus on select audi models. The still feels better after 10 shaves than a disposable on its first mach 3 blades have twice the coatings. For a closer shave with zero redness shave after shave after shave gillette. The best a man can get. And welcome back. Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging his supporters to keep up their rallies after fridays failed coup in that country. He says progovernment protesters who took over the streets foiled the takeover. At least 290 people were killed, though, when antigovernment forces tried to seize power. Heres the thing, though. The government is cracking down hard on anyone suspected in this attempted coup. Officials say around 6,000 people so far have been detained. Cnns ben wedeman has more. Reporter as the crackdown against coup plotters continues in turkey, an ominous sound. Crowds chant we want the Death Penalty at the funeral of a Civil Servant killed in fridays clashes. And by the president a reply. Translator my dear brothers, i expressed this yesterday as well. In democracies peoples requests cannot be ignored. This is your right. Your right will be evaluated by the appropriate institutions within a constitutional framework, and a decision will be made. Two days after an attempted coup to oust turkeys president erdogan, the government has detained some 6,000 people, including senior aides and senior members of the military. The turkish government has demanded that fethullah gulen, a muslim cler nick selfimposed exile in the u. S. Can accused of plotting the coup, be extradited to turkey. Claims he denies. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry responded today to extradition demands. Weve never had a formal request for extradition, and we have always said give us the evidence, show us the evidence, we need a solid Legal Foundation that meets the standard of extradition in order for our courts to approve such a request. Reporter a key ally in the region and in the fight against isis, turkeys stability is critical to the United States. But with president erdogan asking his supporters to stay out on the streets, scenes like this across turkey may become even more common. Ben wedeman, cnn, istanbul. Cnn is live in turkey this hour. Our International Correspondent ian lee on the story in istanbul. Good to have you with us. An investigation is under way. As ben pointed out, many people behind this failed coup, they are detained. And now the president there considering bringing back the Death Penalty. There are a lot of moving parts to this thing. Thats right. And weve seen pictures of some of these people whove been detained, and there are a lot of them. One picture has them in a stable only in their underwear. So you know, there is a lot of people that theyve been rounding up. As ben pointed out, there are senior aides, senior people in the military and others that have been rounded up. At least 6,000 in total. And here in istanbul it seems like were not out of the woods yet. At least thats according to the government. Theyre still calling for the people to take to the streets every night. Last night we heard them and saw them. Tonight were expecting the same. They want to keep up this pressure to show the people who are leading the coup if theres anyone still remain whog hasnt been picked up, that the people are still with the president. Ian lee live for us in istanbul following the story. Ian, thank you so much for your reporting this day. The coup there the coup attempt in turkey is affecting its ties with the United States. During the failed takeover, Turkey Closed the airspace at a base the u. S. Uses to target isis. Ankara has also demanded the u. S. Extradite a cleric it blames for the coup. The u. S. Secretary of state spoke earlier on the coup with our jake tapper. Here it is. I talked three times yesterday with the foreign minister of turkey. They assure me that there will be no interruption of our counterisil efforts. It is a fact there were some difficulties at incirlik, but apparently there may have been some refueling that took place with the Turkish Air Force with planes that were flying in the coup itself. And i think that has something to do with whats taking place there. Its not focused on us. They have absolutely assured us of their commitment to the fight against daesh. Their foreign ministe