May 20, 2024 • 10 mins
On this episode of Our American Stories, for National Police Week, we feature the funeral of Colorado Deputy Micah Flick who was killed in action on February 5th, 2018. Micah's brother-in-law and widow celebrate his life with both tears and laughter.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
This is our American Stories, and we tell stories about
everything here on this show. But nothing's more important than
telling the stories of our first responders, our men and
women in the uniform who serve us here in this
country and abroad as police officers and in the military.
And we especially pay tribute to those who've paid the
highest price, who've given their lives to service an All
(00:35):
week long, it's National Police Week, and we're honoring those
men and women who gave their lives to protect ours. Today,
we want to remember the life and death of Detective
Micah Flick. On Monday, February fifth, twenty eighteen, Detective Flick
was shot and killed while conducting an auto theft investigation
(00:56):
in Colorado Springs. Today, we bring you clips from Detective
flick funeral, featuring his brother in law Chris and widow Rachel.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
My name is Chris Brown. I'm Micah's brother in law.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I'm here to.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Tell you about Micah as a family man, his humor,
and his quirk. So I'm gonna share a couple of
stories with you. Well, I knew he's loved pop music,
but this last Super Bowl Sunday, we were gathered at
the Flick House and we were celebrating with designings and
I had to bring an extra TV over. So I
was in the room and I was bent over like this,
plugging in some cables, and Micah was standing behind me.
(01:30):
And the next thing I hear while I'm bent over
is can't keep my hands to him myself, no matter
how hot I'm trying to. And I turned around to
him and I said.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Michael, why are you seeing this right now?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
And he said, you were bent over and I couldn't
help myself.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
It was a nice view.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The last year, really, he started getting serious about his fitness,
really serious, and his partner, I come to find out,
really gave him a hard time about the fact that
he's eating Chipotle burritos every day. Now every cop in
here loves a good Chipotle burrito. But it was getting
a little out of control. Am I right, Trey getting
a little out of control. So Trey gave a hard time,
(02:14):
and he realized that he needed to get his body
back in condition so that he could better serve the community.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
And he did that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
But what most of you don't know is when he
would come home from a workout, no matter who is
there from the family, the next thing he would say,
is I worked out real hard? You want to smell me?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
Micah?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Come on, when he gave his life on Monday, he
was in the best shape of his life he was.
Mikah is not a victim because of his sacrifice. He
is a victor because of Christ. He is victorious in
his death.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Micah, our many talks about God and our family and
our profession are going to stick with me till the
day that you greet me at the gates of Heaven.
Promise to you that I will walk by Rachel and
I will provide her with all the love.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
And all the support she deserves from her brother. I
promise to you that I will teach your kids to
love the Lord. I will teach them of your sacrifice,
your integrity, and your character. I will love your kids
unconditionally as if they are my own. I love you
with all my heart. You are my hero, and we
have the watch. And lastly, love always wins.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
So first of all, I just want to thank you
so much for coming in the snow today. But Micah
and I love the snow, and we have loved skiing
and snowboarding as a family, and anytime there was enough snow.
Micah was well known to be making very intricate snow
forts with the kids, So today was really perfect to
(04:01):
be honoring Micah on a day that there's snow, and
so thank you for doing that. We tease at home
that Micah had no game, none whatsoever. Many many gifts,
but no game, and he told that. You know, we
met at the Briargate YMCA, and one night he told
me he wanted to talk to me, and I was like, oh,
it's not mean. You know, I've been dating for a
(04:23):
couple of weeks. And he when we get in the
car and he said, I want you to be my girl.
That was how he asked me out, like like to
have like a you know, we're going steady kind of relationship.
And so if you can imagine all of his eloquence
and professionalism at work, none of that transferred over. Micah
(04:49):
loved to sing. He didn't remember the words of the songs,
and he didn't know he didn't know the words, so
like he thought that what he was singing were the words.
And so it's our first you're married, and you know,
we're getting ready for our family festivities and he's in
there ironing his pants and getting ready and I'm in
(05:10):
the bathroom doing my makeup and I hear a child,
a child dancing in the night with a tale as
big as a card. And I was like, there's no
kid with a tale in that song, babe. And he
had no idea.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
He was like what.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Because he was just singing, singing, singing, and that that
was like on the regular. Like I don't think there
was a single song that he actually knew the words to,
but that didn't stop him. Another thing that he loved
to do that I felt privileged to. I guess I
should say privileged. I wish that he had shared that
(05:51):
silly side with more people, but I'm so privileged that
he shared it with me. But Michael loved to dance,
and in the same line as his ability to sing,
it was, you know, comparable, but it was very sincere.
And often, you know, we'd be cooking in the kitchen
and listening to some music and he'd be, you know,
(06:14):
showing me his latest moves. And I loved him so
very much. I love him now and I'm so proud
of him and this opportunity to honor him because you know,
we knew Micah as our husband and father and his faithfulness.
But you know, at his core, Micah was a hero,
(06:36):
and he was a man of excellence and integrity, and
he did everything with excellence. And you know, I would
watch him make this transition every morning from husband and
father to his office her self. Right, And so some
days he'd be putting on a suit, and some days
(06:56):
he'd be getting into his khakis and his boots. And
then some days he would be getting into his street
clothes with his tennis shoes so that he could go undercover,
you know, and choosing shirts that were two and three
sizes too big so he could hide his vest and
his holster. And when he was doing that, he was
giving me, you know, kind of the rundown, like this
(07:17):
is our latest suspect, and here's kind of what we're thinking.
And you know, I know the wives and the husbands
of the officers, and this can relate when you kind
of start to go like not really liking where this
story about work is going. And I would say to him,
not infrequently, babe, don't be a hero. Do your job
(07:42):
and do it well, but don't be a hero. But
here's the problem. Here's the problem with Micah is that
he was a hero. He is a hero, and he
couldn't help it. He couldn't help it. On on Monday,
at about four o'clock, he and his fellow officers were
(08:06):
preparing for a routine op, something they do all the time,
highly skilled people, very prepared, and came into an altercation
with his suspect, and the suspect open fire, and Micah
literally used his body as a shield and put himself
(08:27):
between his killer and his fellow officers. And I don't
know how you get much more heroic than that. His
his his fellow officers on that op said Rachel, I
think we'd be doing multiple funerals if he hadn't given
(08:49):
his life.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
And it's hard.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
I want to be jealous and I want to have him,
but I'm I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud
of a man so worthy of honor. I know that
you are hurting, and I love you. I see it
in your faces. I see the pain that you carry
because of who Micah is and because what he represents.
And I know that your wives and husbands are hurting
(09:18):
because it feels too close. And I know, I know
that there are so many people in here who get that,
and you are good men, and you are good women.
You are worthy warriors, and you are doing everything that
you can to uphold the law with truth and justice.
And I see that, and I affirm you. So I
want to say to you, uphold the authority of your badge,
(09:40):
not because you can, but as a sacrifice of love
for your communities, for your agencies, and for your nation.
We love you.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
And what words we just heard, words any of us
would want to hear at our own funeral. Detective flicks Bride.
I love him. I'm so proud of him. At his core,
he was a hero. He was a man of integrity
and excellence, and he used his body as a shield.
I am so proud of a man so worthy of honor.
(10:13):
And my goodness, you could hear the joy in her voice,
remembering how he loved to sing and didn't remember the words.
We heard the joy and the brother in law's voice too, Chris.
When he gave his life, he was in the best
shape of his life. He wasn't a victim, he was
a victor. Love always wins, Chris said. Detective Micah Flick's
(10:35):
story Police Week here on our American Story
This is our American Stories, and we tell stories about
everything here on this show. But nothing's more important than
telling the stories of our first responders, our men and
women in the uniform who serve us here in this
country and abroad as police officers and in the military.
And we especially pay tribute to those who've paid the
highest price, who've given their lives to service an All
(00:35):
week long, it's National Police Week, and we're honoring those
men and women who gave their lives to protect ours. Today,
we want to remember the life and death of Detective
Micah Flick. On Monday, February fifth, twenty eighteen, Detective Flick
was shot and killed while conducting an auto theft investigation
(00:56):
in Colorado Springs. Today, we bring you clips from Detective
flick funeral, featuring his brother in law Chris and widow Rachel.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
My name is Chris Brown. I'm Micah's brother in law.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I'm here to.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Tell you about Micah as a family man, his humor,
and his quirk. So I'm gonna share a couple of
stories with you. Well, I knew he's loved pop music,
but this last Super Bowl Sunday, we were gathered at
the Flick House and we were celebrating with designings and
I had to bring an extra TV over. So I
was in the room and I was bent over like this,
plugging in some cables, and Micah was standing behind me.
(01:30):
And the next thing I hear while I'm bent over
is can't keep my hands to him myself, no matter
how hot I'm trying to. And I turned around to
him and I said.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Michael, why are you seeing this right now?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
And he said, you were bent over and I couldn't
help myself.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
It was a nice view.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The last year, really, he started getting serious about his fitness,
really serious, and his partner, I come to find out,
really gave him a hard time about the fact that
he's eating Chipotle burritos every day. Now every cop in
here loves a good Chipotle burrito. But it was getting
a little out of control. Am I right, Trey getting
a little out of control. So Trey gave a hard time,
(02:14):
and he realized that he needed to get his body
back in condition so that he could better serve the community.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
And he did that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
But what most of you don't know is when he
would come home from a workout, no matter who is
there from the family, the next thing he would say,
is I worked out real hard? You want to smell me?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
Micah?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Come on, when he gave his life on Monday, he
was in the best shape of his life he was.
Mikah is not a victim because of his sacrifice. He
is a victor because of Christ. He is victorious in
his death.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Micah, our many talks about God and our family and
our profession are going to stick with me till the
day that you greet me at the gates of Heaven.
Promise to you that I will walk by Rachel and
I will provide her with all the love.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
And all the support she deserves from her brother. I
promise to you that I will teach your kids to
love the Lord. I will teach them of your sacrifice,
your integrity, and your character. I will love your kids
unconditionally as if they are my own. I love you
with all my heart. You are my hero, and we
have the watch. And lastly, love always wins.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
So first of all, I just want to thank you
so much for coming in the snow today. But Micah
and I love the snow, and we have loved skiing
and snowboarding as a family, and anytime there was enough snow.
Micah was well known to be making very intricate snow
forts with the kids, So today was really perfect to
(04:01):
be honoring Micah on a day that there's snow, and
so thank you for doing that. We tease at home
that Micah had no game, none whatsoever. Many many gifts,
but no game, and he told that. You know, we
met at the Briargate YMCA, and one night he told
me he wanted to talk to me, and I was like, oh,
it's not mean. You know, I've been dating for a
(04:23):
couple of weeks. And he when we get in the
car and he said, I want you to be my girl.
That was how he asked me out, like like to
have like a you know, we're going steady kind of relationship.
And so if you can imagine all of his eloquence
and professionalism at work, none of that transferred over. Micah
(04:49):
loved to sing. He didn't remember the words of the songs,
and he didn't know he didn't know the words, so
like he thought that what he was singing were the words.
And so it's our first you're married, and you know,
we're getting ready for our family festivities and he's in
there ironing his pants and getting ready and I'm in
(05:10):
the bathroom doing my makeup and I hear a child,
a child dancing in the night with a tale as
big as a card. And I was like, there's no
kid with a tale in that song, babe. And he
had no idea.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
He was like what.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Because he was just singing, singing, singing, and that that
was like on the regular. Like I don't think there
was a single song that he actually knew the words to,
but that didn't stop him. Another thing that he loved
to do that I felt privileged to. I guess I
should say privileged. I wish that he had shared that
(05:51):
silly side with more people, but I'm so privileged that
he shared it with me. But Michael loved to dance,
and in the same line as his ability to sing,
it was, you know, comparable, but it was very sincere.
And often, you know, we'd be cooking in the kitchen
and listening to some music and he'd be, you know,
(06:14):
showing me his latest moves. And I loved him so
very much. I love him now and I'm so proud
of him and this opportunity to honor him because you know,
we knew Micah as our husband and father and his faithfulness.
But you know, at his core, Micah was a hero,
(06:36):
and he was a man of excellence and integrity, and
he did everything with excellence. And you know, I would
watch him make this transition every morning from husband and
father to his office her self. Right, And so some
days he'd be putting on a suit, and some days
(06:56):
he'd be getting into his khakis and his boots. And
then some days he would be getting into his street
clothes with his tennis shoes so that he could go undercover,
you know, and choosing shirts that were two and three
sizes too big so he could hide his vest and
his holster. And when he was doing that, he was
giving me, you know, kind of the rundown, like this
(07:17):
is our latest suspect, and here's kind of what we're thinking.
And you know, I know the wives and the husbands
of the officers, and this can relate when you kind
of start to go like not really liking where this
story about work is going. And I would say to him,
not infrequently, babe, don't be a hero. Do your job
(07:42):
and do it well, but don't be a hero. But
here's the problem. Here's the problem with Micah is that
he was a hero. He is a hero, and he
couldn't help it. He couldn't help it. On on Monday,
at about four o'clock, he and his fellow officers were
(08:06):
preparing for a routine op, something they do all the time,
highly skilled people, very prepared, and came into an altercation
with his suspect, and the suspect open fire, and Micah
literally used his body as a shield and put himself
(08:27):
between his killer and his fellow officers. And I don't
know how you get much more heroic than that. His
his his fellow officers on that op said Rachel, I
think we'd be doing multiple funerals if he hadn't given
(08:49):
his life.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
And it's hard.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
I want to be jealous and I want to have him,
but I'm I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud
of a man so worthy of honor. I know that
you are hurting, and I love you. I see it
in your faces. I see the pain that you carry
because of who Micah is and because what he represents.
And I know that your wives and husbands are hurting
(09:18):
because it feels too close. And I know, I know
that there are so many people in here who get that,
and you are good men, and you are good women.
You are worthy warriors, and you are doing everything that
you can to uphold the law with truth and justice.
And I see that, and I affirm you. So I
want to say to you, uphold the authority of your badge,
(09:40):
not because you can, but as a sacrifice of love
for your communities, for your agencies, and for your nation.
We love you.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
And what words we just heard, words any of us
would want to hear at our own funeral. Detective flicks Bride.
I love him. I'm so proud of him. At his core,
he was a hero. He was a man of integrity
and excellence, and he used his body as a shield.
I am so proud of a man so worthy of honor.
(10:13):
And my goodness, you could hear the joy in her voice,
remembering how he loved to sing and didn't remember the words.
We heard the joy and the brother in law's voice too, Chris.
When he gave his life, he was in the best
shape of his life. He wasn't a victim, he was
a victor. Love always wins, Chris said. Detective Micah Flick's
(10:35):
story Police Week here on our American Story
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