If you have a growing sense that there's a deadly war underway against the nation's police officers, you are not alone.
In fact, you're part of a substantial majority of American adults --of all races. And this disturbing concern is heightened by the slaying of officers in Texas and Illinois, among other recent incidents. This according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely voters.
The execution last weekend of a Houston sheriff's deputy while fueling his car came from behind and was followed by 15 additional shots fired into his body. As IBD's editorial notes, such lethal ambushes of officers are up this year.
Rasmussen found that fully 58% of voters believe there is a war on police these days, while 27% disagree and 15% simply can't decide.
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But here's an interesting twist: Many might expect different views of this situation by various races. But not this time. White voters see the assault on law enforcement at a 60% rate. Blacks and other minorities say almost the same, 54% and 56% respectively.
The issue has been hot for 13 months since the self-defense shooting of a black Missouri teen by a white officer in Ferguson. The officer was exonerated, but not before charges of police brutality and demands for justice fed by outside agitators.
President Obama didn't help the situation by prejudging numerous cases, saying there was "no excuse" for police use of "excessive force," as if there had been some in Ferguson. He ordered a Justice Department investigation, which found nothing chargeable. Obama has spoken with noticeably less force about attacks on police.Read the rest of the op-ed HERE.
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