Slain state trooper remembered as kindhearted

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JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 law enforcement officers, most clad in gray uniforms on a gray day, turned out to say goodbye to a 42-year-old New York state trooper killed while making a routine traffic stop.

Christopher Skinner, a 13-year state police veteran, was remembered Tuesday in a funeral service at First Baptist Church as a kindhearted man who showed his love in different ways.

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