Let’s be clear: not every law enforcement officer deserves respect. Like in all facets of life, there are bad apples. That said…
(NY Post) Government-fueled cop hatred has claimed more victims. Two St. Louis-area police officers were shot Wednesday night during a protest outside the Ferguson, Mo., police department, one in the face, the other in the shoulder.
Both are expected to survive, unlike the two New York City police officers assassinated in December.
Such violence is the sadly predictable outcome of the lies about the police that government officials and the media have stoked for the last year.
US Attorney General Eric Holder has done all he can to keep tensions at a boiling point in Ferguson.
Quite a few politicians have fanned the flames, as Heather Mac Donald points out. She also notes the unseriousness of the allegations, along with the overreach, towards the Ferguson PD, which can be blamed more on incompetence, poor training, and the city wanting to raise money than raaaacism.
Officers put their lives on the line every day to protect law-abiding members of poor communities. Increasingly, those officers are at risk not just from thugs but from the rhetoric emanating from the highest reaches of government.
Sadly, these same officers are also dealing with heavy amounts of crime within those same communities.
