A TESTAMENT TO THE CHARACTER OF DPD
It
is a testament to the stoic nature of the law enforcement officers in
Dallas that they, during a memorial service for their brothers, can
sit and listen to a president who has personally, and through his
administration, done more to demean and undermine their profession
and jeopardize their lives, than any administration in my lifetime.
As
I listened to him speak in Warsaw, I could see the eventual outcome.
When you judge a situation before the facts are known and fail to
let the investigative process and justice take place, you foment the
type of violence which we saw play out on our television screens in
Dallas. We saw it in Ferguson when lies drove the story line and
judgments were made before the facts were known. Apparently he did
not learn from that experience.
When
you seek to hold law enforcement officers accountable before the
facts are known, and then you allow those who react with violence to
escape consequences, you encourage a continuation of a behavior that
seeks to undermine the rule of law. How is it that law enforcement
officers should be tried in the court of public opinion, and
considered guilty until proven innocent, when violent protester
aren't held accountable, even when their acts are recorded on video
for all the world to see.
Our
country is in a sad state, and if good people don't stand up and
support the right and rule of law, the lawless will prevail in the
end. Each of us needs to determine the type of society we want to
live in, and then act to support that type of society before it is
too late.
My
heart grieves for Dallas PD and the families of the fallen. May God
bless them. I don't think I could have been as accepting of this
president, under those circumstances, as they were.