April 2025. Blues Vol 41 No.4

GUEST COMENTARYMichael

GUEST COMENTARYMichael Letts:Eddie MolinaStop blaming the cops for everything and instead startsupporting them.If the four years of the Bidenadministration have taught usanything, it's that roughly halfof Americans believed that thepolice are our country's biggestproblem.This absurd narrative waspushed largely by the liberalcommunity, which consistedof Democrat politicians fromall levels, misinformed celebritieswho know nothing aboutpolicing, and far-left powermoguls like George Soros, whosingle-handedly tried to destroyAmerica from within.Whenever a seemingly routineuse of force attracted publicattention, the far-left media wasquick to villainize the officersinvolved. They often went asfar as to publish video footageof the incident while removingvaluable context that would havedefended and supported the officer'sdecision.An example the liberal mediawould use went something like,"Cops kill black man who washaving a mental health episode."Oh, by the way, the liberalmedia failed to mention that theman had a large knife and wascharging at the police.Next thing you know, mobs areforming, and Molotov cocktails22 The BLUES - APRIL ‘25are being hurled at officers whoare simply trying to keep thepeace.That scenario played itself overand over again under the Bidenadministration.Just as the criminals wereemboldened under the Biden administration,law enforcement isbecoming emboldened under theTrump administration.The law enforcement communityhas had it, America has hadit, and Michael Letts has had it.Michael Letts is an experiencedpolitician, one of America’sleading police advocates, and theCEO and founder of the nonprofitorganization InVest USA, whichprovides free tactical vests topolice officers. He knew whatpolice went through under PresidentBiden.“Police are the fall guys foreverything in today's world. Ifsomething goes wrong, youknow who to call, the police.If something goes wrong, youknow who to blame, the police.It just sounds wrong, doesn't it?But in these crazy times, the police,the very same people whokeep us safe day in and day out,are the first to get all the blamefor anything that goes wrong insociety,” Michael Letts said.Letts has been supporting thelaw enforcement community fordecades. Like many of us, he hasseen the unimaginable supportfor law enforcement right afterthe 9/11 attacks, to what it has

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