Dear Friend,
If the name Fani Willis sounds familiar to you, there's a reason.
She's the radical District Attorney in Georgia who's been trying to put
President Trump behind bars.
But President Trump isn't the only person Fani Willis is abusing her office
to target.
She's also trying to lock my husband away for the rest of
his life for doing his job as a police officer and trying to
keep our city safe.
Before
I ask for your help, let me start at the beginning...
My husband, James, served in the Atlanta Police Department. That's me,
James, and our son in the photo I sent.
Being a police officer meant the world to James. He was born and raised in
Atlanta, and saw his job as a way to help his neighbors. But if Fani Willis
has her way... life in prison could be his
reward.
Our nightmare started more than eight years ago, when an off-duty police
officer radioed in about a man breaking into a parked car at an apartment
complex.
Then the officer stopped responding. Dispatch issued a distress call, and
all available units rushed over.
My husband was closest to the scene, so he arrived first. When he got
there, he saw a running car parked facing the wrong way on a one-way
street. With his emergency lights on, James got out to investigate.
That's when it happened.
The suspect saw my husband, slammed on the gas, and drove straight at
him.
James was certain the man was intentionally trying to run him over.
With only a split second to think, James drew his weapon and fired a single
shot at the vehicle bearing down on him. It struck the suspect, who died
instantly.
James was shaken by the incident, but thankfully he was unhurt. He went
home, certain he had done everything by the book. So you can
imagine our shock when James found out he was being charged with
murder!
James was forced to turn himself in, and spent the night locked up in jail
in solitary confinement. They treated him like a common criminal. They even
kept him in a straitjacket!
We all thought this was a giant misunderstanding -- just a soft-on-crime
District Attorney trying to make a name for themselves by targeting a
police officer.
We couldn't have been more wrong.
You see, James is white, and the suspect he shot was black. So the woke,
anti-police prosecutors in Atlanta have made it their mission to destroy my
husband.
For eight years now, these radical prosecutors -- and the woke mob who
helped get them elected -- have dragged my husband's name through the
mud.
The District Attorney at the time held press conferences bragging about how
tough they were for going after my husband. They even campaigned on putting
my James behind bars!
Every time James has to appear at the Fulton County Courthouse for a
hearing, angry protesters show up carrying giant signs with James' mugshot
on them, with “MURDERER” scribbled across his face in red spray
paint.
Now you understand why I'm so upset and why I'm
turning to you for help.
James is an honest, hardworking, good-hearted man who only wants to help
people.
He's the guy everyone calls when a broken faucet floods their kitchen, or
when their car breaks down.
When he was younger, he spent years traveling to dangerous Third-World
countries to help needy people -- places like South Sudan, Madagascar,
Liberia, and Haiti. And it was that same selflessness that drove James to
become a police officer and graduate the police academy near the top of his
class.
My husband is exactly the kind of man you want keeping your city
safe.
But none of that matters to radical prosecutors like Fani Willis. She
knows what happened that night. She knows James was in a
life-or-death situation. She knows that the charge should have been
dropped years ago.
But Fani Willis doesn't care.
She just wants to make an example out of my husband. For years, we've been
trapped in limbo.
James' police department just threw us away. There's supposed to be this
bond of brotherhood in law enforcement. But his fellow officers were
forbidden to talk to him -- and the higher-ups fired him before the
investigation was even finished.
We've lost nearly all our friends, and we've even been forced to move
because of the terrible lies the prosecutors have been spreading about my
husband.
It's been nearly impossible for James to get a job with these charges
hanging over him.
By some miracle, we've been able to get by, but every day is difficult. And
what's been truly overwhelming is the cost of James' legal defense.
My friend, we aren't wealthy people. James' father had to empty his
retirement account. Other relatives have sold family heirlooms. We've put
nearly every penny we can scrape together into this case.
And it still hasn't been enough.
I know this is how Fani Willis and the radical prosecutors in her office
are trying to punish my husband. They're dragging this out as long as
possible to break our family.
Earlier this year, we ran out of money. James was about to turn to a public
defender. We had all but given up hope... And then we got a call
from Jason Johnson, the President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense
Fund, or LELDF.
If you've ever heard of LELDF, you know they're a national group fighting
on behalf of wrongfully-accused police officers like James.
LELDF has helped dozens of innocent officers -- and their families – at
their lowest moment.
And we were at our lowest moment!
Not only did the LELDF board decide to help my husband get the legal
defense he deserves, they're also raising money to pay for the best
attorneys so James can finally clear his name.
That's why I'm writing to you today to ask you one of the toughest
questions I've ever asked anyone...
Could
you send a contribution today to help defend James?
James' trial is scheduled for November. His legal team needs to be working
day and night to get ready to defeat Fani Willis's team and get my husband
declared NOT GUILTY once and for all.
I know that times are tough right now. And if we had any other options, I
wouldn't be so bold as to ask for help from a stranger.
But like I mentioned earlier, we have nowhere else to turn. And I'm so
scared for what will happen to my husband.
You know how police officers are treated behind bars. If James is
convicted, it's basically a death sentence.
So,
if you're at all able, would you consider making a tax-deductible donation
of $35, $50, $100, or even $500 or $1,000 to LELDF to help
wrongfully-accused officers like James?
LELDF is a non-profit organization. So your gift is tax-deductible.
And it's your $35
gift that could make the difference between defeating Fani
Willis and the radical anti-police prosecutors on her team -- and my
husband spending the rest of his life in
prison.
I'm sorry this e-mail turned out so long. Thank you for taking the time to
read about my husband. And thank you in advance for helping my James.
Sincerely,
Jenna Burns
P.S. My husband did EVERYTHING he needed to survive that night. He doesn't
deserve to die in prison. But that's EXACTLY what will happen if radical
prosecutor Fani Willis gets her way. Please help James before it's too
late! Follow
this link right now to make your best tax-deductible gift of $35 or more to
LELDF. Thank you for helping me save my husband and my family.
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More such officers who sacrifice so much for will face similar fates
unless we speak out and stand up for the brave men and women in blue. The
next time you see a police officer in your community, please thank them for
their service. To read more about our mission or the other Law Enforcement
officers we're defending, please visit www.PoliceDefense.org. And
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