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Record number of police officers shot last week in US

by Jacob Fuller

Trey Paul, FISM News 

 

A grim and especially violent week for police officers all over the U.S. is prompting the nation’s largest police union to place blame on the anti-police campaigns launched by the so-called “woke” in an effort to demonize officers.

“Since Monday, at least 12 police officers have been shot,” the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) tweeted on Oct. 13. “The spewing of anti-police rhetoric by some political and media figures as well as the failed policies of rogue prosecutor and judges are placing our officers in greater danger. This culture of lawlessness must stop!”

“Those are really scary numbers for law enforcement, not just for individual officers, but for the organizations they work for, which have to be taking this into account as they’re hiring, retaining, and training officers,” said Bill Alexander, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

“It’s not lost on the officers that the job they signed up for has become more dangerous,” he said. “That has to be taking a significant mental toll on the agencies at large and the individual officers doing the work.”

The recent attack on police is being marked by police officers being slain in Connecticut, Nevada, North Carolina, and Mississippi where Greenville police say 30-year-old Detective Myiesha Stewart was shot and killed while responding to a shooting near the intersection of Highway 82 and Mississippi Highway 1.

Another two officers were killed in an ambush in Bristol, Conn. after responding to a domestic abuse call. Investigators say the 9-1-1 call turned out to be a ploy to lure the officers into an ambush.

State police say Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy were killed and Officer Alec Iurato was hurt when they responded to “a deliberate act to lure law enforcement to the scene.” According to the FOP, through Sept. 30 of this year, there had been 24 officers were shot and killed in ambush-style attacks.

An off-duty police officer was killed in Raleigh, N.C along with four others during a shooting on a walking trail. Investigators say a 15-year-old is behind the shooting and is in critical condition. The Wake County DA says if the suspect survives, he’ll be charged as an adult.

All of these attacks prompted Chief Helena Rafferty of Canton, MA to tweet this call to action:

“They represent different genders, races, and cultures. They were fathers, a mother, sons, a daughter, and husbands. They had 2 things in common this week, they were killed in hostile acts against police and they sacrificed to keep society safe. Honor them with time and reflect #1440”

Still, questions remain including one big one from FOP National Vice President Joe Galmadi who asked this on Twitter:

“There have been 12 officers shot in this country since Monday. This is absolutely abhorrent, a stain on our society. As a profession we are disgusted, exhausted, angry, most of all we are hurting. Where are the leaders of our country condemning this violence? Silence is deafening.”

In an interview with FOX News, Galmadi placed some of the blame for the vicious attacks on the judicial system.

“It’s thanks to bail reform, rogue prosecutors, rogue judges. They just continue to push these revolving-door policies, and the results have been just catastrophic,” he said.

Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton expressed a similar sentiment on Twitter.

“Crime, disorder & fear — going from bad to worse. Thank the politicians you voted for who refuse to do anything until they or their families are victims. Police can’t solve this problem by themselves with a headcount down by thousands & no increases likely,” he wrote.

The Associated Press (AP) noted that 56 officers have been killed by gunfire this year — 14% more than this time last year and about 45% ahead of 2020’s pace. According to that same AP report, America is on track for the deadliest year since 67 officers were killed in 2016.

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