At the Washington Times: “California law enforcement just got more dangerous”

At breakfast over the weekend, a former LAPD officer was livid about a neighboring state’s added restrictions on law enforcement, that would put police in harm’s way.

‘Look up Newhall Incident,’ he said, referring to 4 Highway Patrol officers killed when gunned down during a 1970 traffic stop resulting from a firearms brandishing report.

Training for use of deadly force took a whole new turn after that event, when review of the situation revealed earlier concepts of law enforcement were contributing factors.

The retired high-ranking LAPD official was worried that new politically-correct actions such as those in Arizona would take law-enforcement back to 1970-style at-risk tactics.

On Monday, the Times story brought home an ugly reality right here in California.

By putting law enforcement in a tighter box on determining in ‘real-time’ situations what does and doesn’t justify using deadly force, it certainly looks like we’re headed that way.

As the Left continues denigrating ANY law enforcement activity, and Democrats keep pushing use of ‘alternative’ measures to avoid necessary force issues, those taking the beating are not the criminals…but the cops, putting themselves on the line everyday.

But don’t just believe BlueCollar…“Attorney General William Barr noted that from 2014 through 2017, there was a 20 percent increase in assaults against police.”

In the face of that statistic, as Democrats put MORE handcuffs on law enforcement, you have to wonder…how do these brave police officers continue to do their job?

And, Gov. Newsom…as assaults increase, how do you justify this latest idiocy?

(Hat-tip thanks, LF, for getting us started down this path…and for your service.)