Posted on 07/22/2014 12:31:08 PM PDT by beaversmom
The number of cops killed nationwide in the line of duty was up 31 percent during the first six months of this year. A new report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund shows California leading all states with eight police officer deaths, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and Virginia with four each. Fund Chairman Craig Floyd says there's been a 37-percent increase in traffic-related incidents and a 56-percent increase in officers killed by gunfire, five of them in ambush-style attacks.
Craig blames those attacks, including the one earlier this month on Jersey City police officer Melvin Santiago and one last month on two Las Vegas police officers, on anti-government sentiment and says law enforcement needs to get tougher.
You realize that writing off the police based upon anecdotal evidence of the police being part of the federal government’s unconstitutional expansion of powers is counter productive and merely isolates our cause more.
We need to maintain a relationship with the police so if things get worse at the federal level they side with us rather than the fascistic masters in D.C..
Ambush style attacks, aka drug gangs in gun free zones.
Why don’t you tell me what my thoughts are based on.
Butt out.
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