Over the weekend four police officers were shot in three different states. One of the officers, Detective Benjamin Marconi, who was shot while he was writing a traffic ticket, did not survive the attack. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus stated at a news conference, “I feel like we were targeted… I think the uniform was the target.” Officer Marconi’s death marks the 20th police officer killed this year in ambush attacks, the highest total in over two decades.

President of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Craig W. Floyd said, “Clearly, our officers are facing horrendous and growing risks while serving and protecting our communities.” Even ultra leftist Attorney General Loretta Lynch stated on Monday that it has been “an especially dangerous year for police officers.”

Law enforcement has always been a dangerous job. Those men and women who willingly put on the uniform and bravely stand in that gap to protect the innocent and law-abiding against the criminal and the lawless deserve our sincerest respect and admiration, not the vitriol fomented against them from groups like Black Lives Matter and the Leftmedia that have done nothing but falsely vilify police officers as being solely motivated by racism.

Democrat leaders, especially Barack Obama, have done little to combat this false narrative and have even contributed to it, often by legitimizing the complaints of these leftists and racially motivated groups. Is it any wonder police officers fear they are being targeted? Indeed, they are. Remember to thank those brave men and women in our communities who willingly stand up to serve, protect and sacrifice themselves for us. And pray that God would protect them.