Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund


You and I haven't met. But I'm praying God will touch your heart
as you read this letter to help me save my son.

His name is Michael. That's him in the photo.



In addition to being a Marine reservist, Michael is a police
officer.

He should be out keeping our Farmers Branch, Texas, community
safe right now.

Instead, Michael's facing unjust criminal charges.

He was wrongly accused of murder for shooting a career criminal
who tried to run him down in a stolen truck.

Thinking this criminal was about to kill him or his fellow
officers, Michael pulled his weapon and defended himself.

Now he's facing life behind bars.

And I never thought that it would come to this, but now I have no
choice but to reach out to complete strangers like you and ask
for your help in keeping him out of prison. Will you please help
me save my son?

Let me tell you what happened...

On the evening of June 12, 2019, Farmers Branch Police detectives
tracked a stolen pickup truck to the parking lot of an "adult
arcade."

The truck was stolen by a career car thief who was well-known to
the police.

Michael was assigned the task of arresting this man. When the
thief came back to the truck, Michael pulled up close in his
marked police vehicle.

As Michael stepped out of his car, the car thief sped the stolen
truck toward him.

Michael had to do what every police officer hopes they never have
to do: he drew his weapon and fired.

The man driving the stolen truck died at the scene. Michael
suffered back and leg injuries.

Any military service member or police officer will tell you it's
never easy when you're forced to take a life in the line of duty.


No matter the circumstances, it weighs on your soul.

Michael had a split-second to think about if the career criminal
speeding toward him was going to crush him to death with that
stolen truck.

In that split-second, he did what he thought was right. Michael
did what he thought would save his own life and the lives of his
fellow officers and community.

You can imagine how hard it would be to make such a life-or-death
decision - seeing a truck driven by a known criminal coming right
at you.

But there's no doubt in my mind Michael made the right choice
that day.

That's why I'm willing to do whatever it takes to clear his name.
Even if that means asking folks like you for financial support to
help my son afford the best possible attorneys and legal advice.

After the incident, Michael was distraught to hear the car
thief's death. His voice was shaky, words strained.

But the other officers assured him the shooting was justified.

Despite Michael's statement that he feared for his life and the
confidence in his actions from the Farmers Branch Police...

...Michael was indicted by a Grand Jury just 8 days after the
incident.

Experts described the indictment as "unusually swift." The
president of the Dallas Police Association said:

"We have never had an investigation completed in less than eight
days ready to hand over to the District Attorney. Never."

I knew in my heart something was wrong - but we had no choice but
to continue the legal process of defending Michael in court.

Not long after the indictment, we started a fundraising campaign
on the internet site "GoFundMe" to raise money for a proper legal
defense.

After a few days, "GoFundMe" shut down the fundraiser.

They claimed Michael's actions were an "act of hate" - and
helping him violated their terms of service.

You see, the car thief was a Hispanic man, and Michael is a white
police officer.

So, in the toxic, anti-police climate sweeping across America,
people saw that a white police officer shot a person of color -
and the case was closed in their minds.

No "innocent until proven guilty." No due process.

Instead, my son was smeared as a "murderer" who committed a "hate
crime."

Since then, my husband and I spent half our life savings on legal
fees and bills to help Michael.

With the investigation devastating my family... seeing Michael,
an American hero, being smeared on the internet... and our family
quickly running out of money to pay mounting court fees... hope
was fading.

Until we heard about the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
(LELDF). LELDF is the best friend a police officer could ever
have.

LELDF defends good officers, like my son, who have been unfairly
prosecuted for split-second, use-of-force decisions in the line
of duty.

Law and justice experts work on LELDF's Board - like President
Ronald Reagan's Attorney General, Edwin Meese, and former FBI
Assistant Director Ronald Hosko.

The group's president, Jason Johnson, served over 20 years as a
police officer, including as Deputy Commissioner of the Baltimore
Police Department.

And praise the Lord, LELDF saw it fit to help my son!

Will you please consider sending a tax-deductible contribution to
the LELDF so they can help my son beat his charges?

You see, LELDF is a non-profit organization. It doesn't receive
any funds from the government to help our police officers.

LELDF relies on caring people like you to send donations so they
can fight tooth and nail to help wrongly-accused police officers
like Michael.

And because LELDF is a non-profit, all donations are
tax-deductible.

Believe me, your kind donation today of $35, $50, or $100 to help
Michael will mean so much to my family.

Or, if the Lord has blessed you with the means to help with a
gift of $250, $500, or even $1,000 or more, I pray you will
consider doing so.

Please know any gift amount you can send today is truly a
blessing.

If you can't help financially today, I understand. And please
keep Michael and our family in your prayers.

My son Michael is an American hero who served our nation and his
community. He shouldn't be locked behind bars for defending his
life from a career criminal.


That's a picture of Michael with his daughter - my granddaughter
- Mary-Kaitlyn

I pray you never go through something like this. But if you do,
may God touch the hearts of kind people to help you - just as I'm
praying He'll touch your heart to help my son today.

Sincerely,

Margaret Mary Dunn

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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
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