Catching up with some of my reading today, I just realized that yesterday, January 9th, was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Now I’m sure, like me, you’re asking yourself the obvious question – what did America’s chief law enforcement official do to commemorate the occasion?
 
Well, as far as I can tell – nada.
 
In view of the fact that Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett was just ambushed by a crazy Muslim with a gun last Thursday – you’d think Barack Obama might have at last done the mature, responsible, presidential thing and offered a few words of appreciation for the brave men and women in uniform who are out there every day protecting us from the bad guys…
 
 
Fat chance. (He has yet to utter anything about Officer Hartnett’s shooting!)
 
Never mind. The man who should be president did it for him ~

[From Ted Cruz’ article in National Review Online: “Take Time to Honor Our Police on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day”]
 
Law enforcement forms a thin but powerful line protecting us not just from violent criminals, but from terrorists on our own soil. In the case of Garland, Texas, Islamic terrorists could have taken unknown numbers of lives if it were not for the brave traffic officer who stopped their attempted attack.
 
We must thank every officer for their service, not make excuses for the terrorists trying to kill them. Saturday is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (LEAD). It is an opportunity to stand emphatically with our police forces and to express our gratitude for their bravery, especially in a national climate that has been hostile towards our men and women in blue.

 
Ever since Obama’s flippant “the police acted stupidly” remark in the first year of his presidency, the man has been nothing but dismissive and disrespectful towards law enforcement officers.

…not only does President Obama refuse to call radical Islamic terrorism by its name, he has also perpetrated a national movement to vilify the very officers who keep our communities safe from this threat. He has nominated an individual to a top Department of Justice post who had represented and lionized a cop killer, and in 2015, he said, “There are some police who aren’t doing the right thing.” He continued, “We can’t just leave this to the police,” suggesting that he should stand as the judge and jury in convicting police officers.
 
President Obama’s cynicism is echoed by Democratic leaders. In New York, for example, Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed a special prosecutor to examine cases in which a grand jury fails to indict an officer. Mayor Bill de Blasio has accused the NYPD of perpetuating “centuries of racism.”

This assault on law enforcement is reverberating throughout our cities. It’s being fueled by groups like Black Lives Matter, and it’s empowering the perpetrators and inviting danger into our neighborhoods. Rather than standing up for our law enforcement, top national leaders are feeding a false narrative that the police are not committed to protecting all Americans.
 
This is false. And the hostility must stop. The police must know they have the full support of the American people behind them as they risk their lives daily for our security.
 
 
If we don’t treat the threat to our police with the seriousness it deserves, we will not only be more vulnerable to terrorist attacks on our own soil, but we will reverse the enormous national strides we have taken over the past few decades to prevent crime.
 
In the 1990s, when crime soared in American cities, New York City leadership launched an effort to crack down on crime. Through the “broken window” theory of fighting petty crimes, and by using the CompStat system to analyze crime data, many cities began to reverse the growing crime trend. The people who benefited the most were those in minority communities: More than 10,000 black and Hispanic males — who would have died if the crime rates for that decade had remained the same — are alive today. Blue lives protect black lives, and all lives.

 
If you’re looking for an executive-in-chief who will stand behind law enforcement, and honor and support the men and women who protect and serve – Senator Ted Cruz is your guy.

 
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