Will American police revolt?
As you know, there is a tremendous anti-police movement going on. The organization Black Lives Matter is driving that on the streets and many in the media are driving that on television.
A number of Atlanta police officers called in sick on Wednesday night to protest this situation—specifically, the indictment of Garrett Rolfe, an Atlanta police officer, for murder.
In a very disturbing exposition on Wednesday night, CNN began trying the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks on television, if you can believe it. This was gross.
One man is dead, another man may be put to death because of this situation. This needs to be tried in a court of law, not on a stupid CNN television program. How irresponsible is this?
There are more than 800,000 American law enforcement officers—I will tell you that 99% of them condemn police violence towards anyone. Most cops are good, and they don’t want to see George Floyd killed on the street by a police officer. But this insane—defund the police, Black Lives Matter calling them pigs, threatening police officers—has got to stop.
And many officers have had enough.
I’m going to predict here in New York City, where I am, with a department of 40,000, they’re going to lose between 5,000 and 10,000 officers in the next few years. People are going to put in their papers for retirement, they’re going to get other jobs, they’re going to walk away. Because in New York City, the Mayor hates the police and the Governor does not back them up and the District Attorney won’t prosecute criminals.
Police officers in New York City are even being encouraged to strike on July 4th, calling for the city to have its ‘independence without cops.’
Do you think officers are going to put their lives on the line for a system to this?
You’re going to see across America, a rise in murder like we haven’t seen since the crack epidemic. We’re going to see that happen fast.
This anti-police movement, again led by the Black Lives Matter organization and tv media, this is a disgrace.
