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Frustrated with the rhetoric that he believes has come after a number of police officers. let s listen. our system of justice absolutely requires law enforcement to be present to protect our community. at any point when the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated, cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control. we ve heard black lives matter. all lives matter. cops lives, matter, too, so why don t we drop the qualifier and say, lives matter and take that to the bank. tom, you wore that uniform for many years. what is your reaction to this? i completely agree with what he just said. you know, being a police officer, especially one in uniform, this is the only job there is where somebody might kill you just because of what you do for a living. there are many dangerous occupations. coal miners, firefighters, race car drivers, but no one is trying to kill them just because