CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

         A MAN APPROACHED TWO LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AS THEY SAT IN THEIR VEHICLE AND OPENED FIRE, GRAVELY WOUNDING THEM. A MASSIBVE MANHUNT ENSUED AND BY THE TIME THIS COMMENTARY AIRS ONE HOPES HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT AND THE OFFICERS HAVE SURVIVED.

         THE ASSAILANT IS BELIEVED TO BE A MEMBER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER. PROTESTORS BLOCKED ENTRANCES TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, CHANTING “I HOPE THEY DIE,” REFERRING TO THE WOUNDED OFFICERS.

         LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI CONDEMNED THE SHOOTING BUT HE AND THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL HAVE CUT THE POLICE BUDGET UNDER PRESSURE FROM FAR LEFT GROUPS. THESE ANARCHISTS CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE APPEASED. THEY MUST BE ARRESTED AND TRIED. THEY SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED ON BAIL.

         THIS LATEST SHOOTING IS A PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE HATE POLICE MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN FUELED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLED IN THE SHOOTING OF BLACK PEOPLE. THIS RHETORIC NEEDS TO STOP. PRAY FOR THE DEPUTIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PRAY THIS ANARCHY WILL CEASE. I’M CAL THOMAS.