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Minnesota Sheriff Slams Officials for Only Caring About Officers When They are Killed

"Can you care about us before we’re dead?" said Sheriff Bob Fletcher. "Everyone rushes to make a positive statement when someone is killed but before that the support is waning."

Sheriff Bob Fletcher of Ramsey County, Minnesota, isn’t mincing words about the increase in assaults on law enforcement, after one of his deputies was injured by gunfire over the weekend.

A Ramsey County deputy was injured Friday night when he was shot at during a chase. Investigators say a passenger in the suspect vehicle opened fire, striking the deputy’s ballistic vest, Fox 9 reports.

"Six inches higher and he would have been dead," said Sheriff Fletcher.

According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, assaults on police more than doubled from 2019 to 2022.

"Can you care about us before we’re dead?" said Fletcher. "Everyone rushes to make a positive statement when someone is killed but before that the support is waning."


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