AN 'UNPRECEDENTED FLOCK OF PATRIOTS' IS GATHERING TO SUPPORT THE
POLICE IN 80 RALLIES

By Tyler O'Neil [1]
PJ Media [2]

As protests over the horrific police killing of George Floyd devolved into
destructive riots that have claimed the lives of at least 22 people [3] and
calls to "defund the police," one conservative organization is bringing
Americans together to express their appreciation for the police and the law
and order they provide. ACT for America [4] is organizing 80 rallies in
more than 30 states. On July 5, more than 1,000 marched in one of these
"Back the Blue" rallies in Wantagh, N.Y. [5], on Long Island.

"People across America are horrified watching the lawlessness spreading
throughout the country. Finally, Americans who were never engaged in any
type of activism are coming together and rising to stand up in defense of
the police and law and order in their community," Brigitte Gabriel, founder
and president of ACT for America, told PJ Media on Friday. "We are
witnessing an unprecedented flock of patriots emailing us wanting to
organize in their community."

"As of this interview ACT For America is working on 80 rallies in over 30
states," she added. "We are a nation of law and order and the American
public is finally seeing how the Left is organized to transform America and
literally destroy it as it is now. We will never let this happen. Not under
our watch."

ACT for America [6] launched a petition to defend the police, rather than
defunding them. The petition rightly condemns [7] the death of George Floyd
but notes that this tragedy is not a reason to undermine the police as an
institution.

Indeed, the rallies and riots against police have had a chilling effect on
law enforcement, leading many to effectively go on strike. Violent crime
sparked [8] in New York City last month, with a horrific rise in shootings,
murders, burglaries, and auto thefts. Yet Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(D-N.Y.) suggested this violent crime was a reaction to the economic
downturn due to coronavirus, rather than an outgrowth of the riots or the
calls to defund and abolish police departments.

While many protesters and rioters may believe they are protesting for
racial justice, the riots have destroyed black lives [9], black livelihoods
[10], and black monuments [11]. Most of the 22 Americans [3] who have died
in the riots were black. Retired police chief David Dorn was killed by
looters breaking into his pawnshop in St. Louis. Chris Beaty was shot while
helping two women who were being mugged in Indianapolis. Antonio Mays Jr.,
a 16-year-old boy, was shot and killed outside the Capitol Hill Occupied
Protest (CHOP) in Seattle. Secoriea Taylor -- the 8-year-old girl Vernon
Jones mentioned -- was fatally shot as her mother attempted to park a car
near a group of protesters close to the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks had
been killed by police.

While Americans should support police reform and justice for the four
officers involved in the horrific killing of George Floyd, it would be
false and reckless to claim the death of George Floyd proves "systemic
racism" and a need to defund or abolish the police in the name of racial
justice. Yet a broad swath of the left seems to have done just that, and
Americans are rallying against this insanity.

ACT FOR AMERICA IS A 501C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY
GOVERNMENT FUNDING OR GRANTS SO THAT WE ARE NOT MUZZLED FROM SPEAKING THE
TRUTH. WE RELY ON THE GENEROSITY OF PATRIOTS WHO BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE
OF OUR WORK SO WE CAN CONTINUE EXPOSING AMERICA'S ENEMIES FOREIGN OR
DOMESTIC AND MOBILIZING AMERICANS TO STAND UP AND DEFEND FREEDOM. WE WOULD
BE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [12]

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