Ben Franklin Bridge Extends Honoring Of Police After Baton Rouge Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- After the shooting in Dallas, which left several police officers dead, the Ben Franklin Bridge announced that it would light up in the color blue, to honor the fallen lives.
Tensions have built throughout the nation after two police involved shootings which left Alton Sterling, in Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Minnesota, dead.
Over the weekend, three police officers were shot and killed in Baton Rouge.
The bridge will light up in blue again, this time to honor the lives of the officers lost in Baton Rouge.
The bridge will be in blue beginning on Monday night and will last through July 20.
