Demonizing the police

As a brief reminisce of times past,

when I was growing up in the 1950s, 

the police of any given town were routinely described as

"[that town]'s finest".

Thus in Peoria, say, they would be "Peoria's finest".

I can't recall the last time I heard police so described.

As a result of a concerted effort to demonize the police,

now, in 2022, we have such sociopathic outcomes as:

2022-10-13 (Thursday)

Fox News: Fraternal Order of Police hammers 'culture of lawlessness' after 12 officers shot since Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fraternal-order-police-hammers-culture-lawlessness-12-officers-shot-since-monday

What a tragedy!

Where are the media voices that will decry 

the epidemic of the killing of police officers?

As far as I can tell, 

this did not even make it onto the Washington Post website!!!

Hear, hear to the FOP for standing up for those brave officers who have, sadly and tragically, fallen.