{"id":36418,"date":"2020-06-09T22:18:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T22:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=36418"},"modified":"2020-08-07T23:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:56:18","slug":"mailbag-cop-persecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/mailbag-cop-persecutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag: Cop Persecutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36419\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logoinside2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logoinside2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logoinside2-255x51.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for posting the video today on the other side of the Black Lives Matter story.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">My son is young a police officer in a New England city.\u00a0 He has served for a little more than a year and he was hired by a department that long ago instituted every ACLU recommendation affecting police policy and training.\u00a0 He was hired as part of a class of candidates to be the new face of policing, compassionate policing.\u00a0 He graduated summa cum laude from a major New England college and was called to become a cop at a young age &#8211; his name means \u201cprotector.\u201d\u00a0 He loved his job because he has had the opportunity to save so many lives &#8211; not just from drug addiction and suicide, but from domestic violence, child endangerment, human trafficking, attempted murder and gang rape.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He loves the community he has sworn to protect and serve.\u00a0 Seemingly overnight, he is now vilified.\u00a0 He is hated viscerally. He cannot enter a store or restaurant in uniform without being spat upon, sworn at and jeered out.\u00a0 \u201cDad,\u201d he says, \u201cthey hate me now, and this is an evil thing happening, because I have done nothing wrong, and I am hated as a murderer is hated, and a racially motivated murderer to boot.\u00a0 This is not going away, and I do not know how long I can hang on.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He was ambushed four separate times last week and was in fear for his life each time.\u00a0 He was kicked in the face in uniform, and could do nothing about it for the mob was seething and he was alone on patrol.\u00a0 He was attacked from behind with bricks and stones.\u00a0 As his father, we pray for all first responders every day, begging the saints and holy angels to guide and protect all of them.\u00a0 Please pray for good police women and men\u2026they are suffering terribly and we must pray for them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, from my heart, for sharing the video.\u00a0 All sides of every story matter, especially the truthful side.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">God bless you,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Paul<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"mail\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1591741104\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Mailbag: Cop Persecutions?\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for posting the video today on the other side of the Black Lives Matter story. 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