Discussion for article #239927
Hickman and Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson pushed back against the criticism of police.
I was very surprised to see the DA AND Sheriff politicizing the death of an officer. In New York, Baltimore and Chicago, the heads of the Police Unions spoke out against Black Lives Matter protests after Ramos and Liu were killed in New York, but not the heads of the police departments (although their silence said a lot).
To hear the DA and Sheriff saying that all lives matter is both interesting and disturbing. Law Enforcement rallies around itself whenever an officer is killed. Law Enforcement also rallies around itself when officers kill. Hell, the DA’s Office seems to rally around officers when officers kill. That’s what’s disturbing. Even more disturbing is the lack of leadership in supporting the idea that all lives matter. It doesn’t seem like the Sheriffs, Police Commissioners and DAs actually support that idea. If they did, then there would be no Black Lives Matter Movement.