"Praise, scorn heaped on women who helped cops"

"Dozens of patrol cars rolled up, and a manhunt for the killer began that put the city on edge for days, until a suspect was in custody.

In those tense days, as people moved nervously about the city and mourned the officers' deaths, the three women were praised for their courage and compassion. They also were criticized, even scorned, by those who view anyone who helps the police as a traitor.

"It has turned our lives upside down," Dodson says, reflecting on the events of that night and afterward. But, she says, "If you could have seen them on the ground and walked by, you have no soul.""