The Night Chance Bretches Became a "Criminal"

Dear Friend,

May 31st, 2020 started like any other Sunday for Chance Bretches and his wife Kimberly.

Their kids were playing. Dinner was in the oven. Then Chance got the call.

Austin was burning. For the third straight night, rioters were tearing the city apart. Buildings vandalized. Cars torched. Officers injured. The mob was growing larger and more violent by the hour, and they needed every available officer at headquarters.

Chance kissed Kimberly goodbye, put on his badge, and went to work.

He had no idea that night would change everything.

Chance made the choice every good officer would make. He used department-approved, non-lethal beanbag rounds to disperse the violent mob. It worked. The riots stopped. His supervisors praised him. His body camera proved he followed protocol to the letter.

Three minutes of doing his job. That's all it took.

Then came the new District Attorney. A man who believes criminals deserve compassion and cops deserve cages.

Now Chance faces 99 years in prison for stopping a riot. Help Chance Now →

But Chance Bretches Isn't Just a Badge Number He's a husband to Kimberly, who has stood by him through everything. He's a father to four young children who don't understand why their dad might be taken away for doing the right thing. He's the officer who earned a Life Saving Medal for risking his life to save others. He's the cop who's taken guns and drugs off the streets, who's protected families just like yours. And right now, he's drowning in legal bills while fighting for his freedom, his career, and his family's future. Support His Family →

I'm Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and I know what it means to be targeted for doing your job. During my 24 years as Sheriff of Maricopa County, I never apologized for enforcing the law—even when it made me public enemy number one to the radical left.

Chance Bretches is living that nightmare right now.

His trial is set for June of this year. Every day between now and then, Kimberly watches their bank account drain.

Every night, Chance lies awake wondering if he'll spend the rest of his life in prison for being a hero.

This is where you come in.

When we abandon officers like Chance, we tell every cop in America: "You're on your own. Your family is on their own. And heaven help you if you ever have to make a split-second decision to protect your community."

That's not the America I fought for. And I don't think it's the America you believe in either.

Your donation—whether it's $35, $50, $100, or whatever you can give—will help cover Chance's mounting legal costs and support Kimberly and their four children while they fight this injustice.

Here's the bottom line: If we let them destroy Chance Bretches, we're telling every officer in America that the next time chaos erupts, the next time a mob threatens to burn down your neighborhood, they should just stand down and let it happen.

Because stopping it might cost them everything.

I refuse to accept that. I hope you do too.

National Center for Police Defense
Defenders for Justice

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