Bottom Line: Politics Have Caused Police Deaths

By John Dempsey

2018 has not been a kinder year to the American police force. In just the last couple of months, two officers were gunned down while eating a meal in a Florida restaurant. While attempting to arrest a subject in a Home Depot parking lot, two Texas officers got shot by their suspect; and an officer at the Nogales Police Department was shot and killed by a suspect with an AK-47.

The name of the NPD officer has not yet been released. He was attempting to stop a suspect in a carjacking that took place near the southern border town. The officer conducted a traffic stop on the suspect who opened fire, striking the officer and fleeing the scene. During the manhunt, he stole two other vehicles. The suspect shot at officers every time they attempted to make contact with him. Eventually, he ran out of ammunition and surrendered.

Recent events show that officers are gunned down no matter what they are doing. The obvious danger is when they are attempting to arrest a seemingly compliant subject who then flips the script on them and begins to shoot; but now, officers can’t sit near the front windows of a restaurant to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms