Crowell meets with Dallas cops, attends funeral

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Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell attended the funeral Saturday of one of the five Dallas police officers ambushed and killed by a gunman July 7 in the city.

Crowell attended at the invitation of Sgt. Demetrick Pennie of the Dallas police. Pennie is also president of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.

“Although, he was initially afraid and skeptical of the environment that he was entering, he traveled to Dallas overnight and met with me for an extended period of time in an attempt to find some resolve in understanding,” Pennie wrote in a lengthy post on the Fallen Officer Facebook page.

Pennie’s invite was intended to open dialogue and promote understanding following Crowell’s post on social media that showed a hooded man attacking a police officer. Crowell took the post down almost immediately, and later apologized with a statement and a Facebook video.

He promised he wanted to be part of the solution in the future. His first step: An offer to donate his first game check to the Foundation.

“I reached out to Mr. Crowell and expressed a disinterest in his money,” Pennie wrote. “Rather, I told him that I did want an opportunity to educate him about the policing profession and the meaning of police …

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