"They have to start showing more than they do – the respect and support that law enforcement deserves," Barr said. "And if communities don't give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need."
"We ask police officers to put their lives on the line for our communities every day. We demand that they serve and protect us all. In exchange, we should show the N.Y.P.D. respect when its officers are lawfully doing exactly what we have asked them to do."
Mueller, who recently retired after 19 years as a Livingston County sheriff’s deputy, speaks from experience. Suspects attempted to disarm him on two separate occasions during the course of his career.
The bill, which was set to be filed Wednesday, is similar to legislation Baker introduced after the murder of Officer Ronald Tarentino last spring in Auburn. That bill never made it to a vote in the state legislature.
Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay and members of the Congressional Black Caucus re-hung a controversial painting that depicts law enforcement officers as "pigs" who kill black men in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.
I couldn’t help but think of all of America’s law enforcement, in addition to our military men and women, who put their lives on the line every day. So as an American citizen and a former Marine who supports law enforcement, I took matters into my own hands. I unscrewed the painting from the wall and returned it to the Democratic Congressman who represents the award winner.
A Republican congressman took matters into his own hands Friday and personally removed a painting depicting police officers as pigs that a colleague had allowed to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol complex. More Here.
A Republican congressman took matters into his own hands Friday and personally removed a painting depicting police officers as pigs that a colleague had allowed to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol complex.