Bless you, you will be in my prayers.
Thanks for the prayers folks.
Update to the protests.
Got hit with rocks and concrete last night but not seriously injured.
Rioters were trying to get ro one of our precincts to burn it down.....we held them back and moved them out with noise type grenades called blast balls, pepper spray, and CS gas.
It is tough dodging russet potato sized (see....worked gardening into this) rocks flying through the air at night...street lights tend to blind you and you have to pick up the launch of the rock or you don’t see it until it is 6 feet away.
City council is supporting the protesters.
Mayor is setting up the chief to take the blame should it go well.
Protesters literally call us a million names not fit to print as we stand there not doing anything to them....then cry we are robots....then u smile at them to be nice and they scream that you don’t care and why do you think this is funny....then throw an M80 at my head (I dodged it)
I think someone was trying to get us to react and then take the edited video to make us look bad.....didn’t work...we are too professional.
Sum it all up....the city doesn’t deserve the incredible police they have....they are not worthy of it....but the ranks are filled with people dedicated to their duty and community.
It is up to the good people to stand up and tell the politicians to get their shit together and stop blaming the police for riots.
I don’t have confidence that it will happen without the people forcing it to happen.
Please pray for the officer who had a heart issue last night. I think he is going to be OK but could use prayers.
P.s....big thank you to state patrol and county SWAT who saved our asses a few times.
Once more into the breach gentleman.