Democrats are not the party of law and order. No matter how much they claim it, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
And a new report exposed Biden’s total betrayal of police.
According to a report from the National Fraternal Order of Police, there were a record-breaking number of law enforcement personnel shot in the line of duty in 2023.
There were 378 officers shot in 2023, a 60% increase since the FOP began recording data in 2018. According to the data, 46 police officers were murdered.
“These horrifying statistics are a grim reminder of the War on Cops in this country. A stain on our society,” the FOP said.
“Last year, over 330 police officers were shot in the line of duty. With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us and after so many Americans have seen the tragic consequences of the defund the police movement, it was our hope that these numbers would be a high-water mark,” FOP President Patrick Yoes said. “We were wrong.”
In 2022, 62 cops were killed. According to Yoes, the decrease in mortality is attributable to advancements in medical trauma science and anti-ballistic equipment.
“Many will often look at this data and just see numbers, but we must remember that they represent heroes — fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. This scale of violence against our officers is horrifying and simply unsustainable,” Yoes said.
“It is no wonder that our profession is facing a recruitment and retention crisis. What father or mother would want their child to become an officer knowing the dangers they face every day?”
According to the FOP, police were also targeted in ambush-style strikes.
“There have been 115 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year. These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 138 officers shot, 20 of whom were killed,” the report said.
The report does not track the number of times police officers were shot at but not hit. The broadcast concluded with the names and images of all the officers slain by gunfire this year.
Yoes wants Congress to pass the Protect and Serve Act, which “establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so).”
“Truthfully, the violence against those sworn to protect and serve is beyond unacceptable; it’s a stain on our society, and it must end,” Yoes said.
“It is incumbent upon our elected officials and community leaders to stand up, support our heroes, and speak out against the violence against law enforcement officers.”
Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, anti-police resentment swept across the United States.
Some cities began to defund their police agencies, but then reversed course as violent crime soared.
The Biden administration has been an accomplice in anti-police sentiment over the years.
But will they ever face consequences for it?
Maybe the 2024 election will show us.
Stay tuned to the Conservative Column.
