Posted September 4, 2017 10:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

To say there’s tension between Black Lives Matter and police in most places is a vast understatement. Neither group particularly cares for the other, though police have a very valid reason. After all, if a group openly advocates gunning me down in the street, they’re not likely to get my support either.

In Philadelphia, an officer involved in a fatal shooting found a number of BLM supporters massed outside his home.

Now, his fellow officers are making it clear they stand by their co-worker.

Philadelphia cops held a rally of their own Thursday night in response to a protest last week by local Black Lives Matter activists outside the home of a cop identified in a fatal civilian shooting.

The rally was held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 headquarters and featured several speakers. Emotions quickly escalated and FOP President John McNesby made one jarring statement.

“When you go to work each day, you shouldn’t have to worry that a pack of rabid animals will suddenly show up at your home and openly threaten your family,” he told the gathered crowd of a couple hundred people, according to WHYY.

That “pack” he referred to is the dozen or so activists …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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