They don't care about the truth

I recently read an article where a police officer gave his account of an altercation where he almost shot an unarmed black man. Turns out, the suspect resisted and ran and DID have a gun that he ditched in the bushes shortly before the cops caught up to him again. This cop did not shoot but he wanted to share his experience and what went through his mind while he decided how to proceed with the scenario.

The officer's chief later took down the post and apologized for it. Why? If people actually wanted the truth they would demand both sides of the story. I find it deeply disturbing that people refuse to accept that police officers are human. They have to make split second decisions that could cost them, or someone else, their lives. Most of them don't take that responsibility lightly. For anyone to say that they don't want to hear it from the perspective of the other parties involved makes it clear to me that these "protesters" have no interest in real justice or the truth.

They don't care what officers go through on a daily basis. They don't want to hear how many encounters police have with citizens or suspects that didn't end badly. They definitely don't want to hear about the # of times an officer hesitated and lost his own life because of it. They just want to look at the few isolated cases, omit many of the key factors leading up to the end result and focus solely on what fits their racist narrative.

It's time for us to demand that all sides of the story are heard. Demand that our leaders start supporting our law enforcement officers and stop apologizing because the facts don't fit the narrative that the system is racist.

The facts are almost never what the media puts out to the public. They no longer have any concern for reporting the facts and verifying those facts prior to publication. It's time to hold them accountable for the racial divide that they have pushed in our country.