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Police: Elected leaders must support cops or resign

Our police are under oath to guard us while we sleep, but now they’re under attack.

Threats of defunding aren’t the worst of it. Reports have it that radicals have used lasers on officers capable of causing permanent blindness. Is there a governor in the house?

It appears that some have sided with a foreign or domestic enemy against the rule of law, and will stop at nothing in order to have their way. The word for that in my dictionary is “treason”. So, what about those who aid and abet them?

In order for any of this to end well, our leaders must do their job. If they don’t know how, they should resign and give a place to those who do.

Arne Herstad, Gig Harbor

This story was originally published September 12, 2020 at 10:13 AM with the headline "Police: Elected leaders must support cops or resign."

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