And Bob talked about this, too. He says new people in the profession, gosh, it feels kind of bad for him. And that's because of a failure of political leadership. When mayors or governors don't defend law enforcement officers who have a tough job but instead quickly judge them as being in the wrong, that's going to, you're going to draw back as a law enforcement officer. and say, look, when there's real immediate danger, yes, I'll have to go and do something. (24:23–24:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that lack of support from political leaders causes law enforcement officers to hesitate in their duties.
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