A simple but oh so necessary message to law enforcement: Thank you

As I discussed on my radio show this morning, I had the honor last night of addressing a wonderful group of law enforcement officers. These were Atlanta-area traffic enforcement officers, so it made sense that I was accompanied by Ashley Frasca, who does traffic reporting for WSB in addition to being the associate producer of my show.

My message to them was pretty simple and actually fairly obvious, but you can understand why they appreciated it given the tenor of the times. I just told them how much their work is appreciated, and that the vast majority of Americans know they are our friends - not the enemy a few high-profile knuckleheads have made them out to be. This seemed to matter a lot given the media narratives that have made them out to be racist thugs, and the political rhetoric we've heard from everyone from the president to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, who is now throwing his own police officers under the bus and trying to blame them for the increase in crime the city has experienced. I can't imagine what it must be like these days to be a police officer and know that every split-second decision you have to make could bring the news media out to accuse you of being some sort of lawless, racist abuser of the citizenry. These are such good people, and they chose this profession precisely because they care about protecting and helping people. Any profession can have its bad apples, of course, but there are methods to deal with that and the bad apples are not necessarily who the media wants you to think they are. They're also so rare that it's completely unfair to tar a whole profession by constantly talking about them. The bottom line is that, if you have a problem with police in general, it's probably because you've spent too much of your life doing things you shouldn't have been doing - and they're the ones holding you to an accountability you don't want. But the rest of us thank God that police officers are there, and of course we thank the officers themselves. We would be in huge trouble without them, and these days we need them more than ever. Thank you, friends. You make us all proud.

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