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.