Yesterday Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer was killed in Richmond Virginia by a Chicago thug who was hell bent on killing a cop. My brother knew Tpr. Dermyer--they were roommates in the same VSP Basic Session. I have to tell y'all, I have found myself drifting in and out of anger and sadness. I am sorely grieved that there is a family without a husband and father tonight whose lives will never be the same because the head of their family was brutally taken from them. I am seething with anger that there is a dead officer, a wife grieving her husband, children missing their father, all because of an evil mindset that for some reason has taken root in our nation. When did it become, not just cool, but the "moral" thing to hate cops and hate them so much that the solution is to become violent against them? When did our nation's leadership become such crooked people that they didn't back the cops, but they placed the blame on the cop, not on the disrespectful progressives who became violent against the cop?
Omission to do something is sometimes synonymous with actual commission. And the President's omission to condemn the violence against our police is the same as actively endorsing the violence against them. He sets the tone for the entire nation. What he says is reflected in the communities and the attitudes of the people. He isn't backing the police, but rather pointing them out to be the problem, when the reality is, there is a serious problem with respect for the law and those who enforce the law in certain communities. He's supposed to be the one to support the law and those who enforce it, to condemn violence against them and the breaking of the law, but for the sake of his twisted political agenda, he is content to wag his finger at them in a chiding manner, which essentially endorses the idea that the police are the problem, not at those who recklessly disrespect the officer or willfully break the law. His silence is unprecedented and it's baffling. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/12/deafening-silence-obama-2016-dems-mum-on-recent-police-deaths.html)
I'm not just pulling this out of thin air, people. The violence against the police officer has greatly increased, even just since the beginning of this year. From January-February 2016, there had already been 14 line of duty deaths, and that's just in Virginia. If you're not totally convinced by just my saying this, then check out this article by the Washington Times: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/29/police-officer-shooting-deaths-on-rise-in-2016-ami/?page=all There is a cry for law enforcement reform, but not criminal reform--shouldn't it be the other way around?? Police are being blamed for this violence, being told they use excessive force---excuse me, if the criminal is known to be violent and isn't cooperating with police, wouldn't you rather they be subdued as quickly as possible before they kill someone? But the irony is in many of these cases, these officers were just doing their job. Tpr. Dermyer wasn't detaining the shooter--he had barely engaged him in conversation before James Brown III pulled out his gun and shot him multiple times. Same with the Prince William officer--it was her first day on the job, her FIRST DAY--she was killed by a violent man who had already killed his wife who had contacted the police because she was afraid of him. There is a war on police and the leadership in this nation is not condemning it. All you can hear from the White House regarding these police shootings is silence, one long stretch of silence.
So, I'm angry. I want justice for the men and women gunned down for doing their job, for protecting their community, for giving their lives for the betterment of society. I'm the daughter of a police officer. I have brothers and friends who serve the public as law enforcement officers. I want there to be an outcry from the people at the silence of the President, the silence of the White House, because Blue Lives Matter. Blue Lives ensure that ALL LIVES matter. Support the police because they sure as hell-fire don't do this job for the money. They're the sheepdogs who watch over the flock, making sure the wolves stay deep in the forest, regardless of the cost to them. You want to honor Tpr. Dermyer's sacrifice? Back his brothers in blue.
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