President Barrack Obama
White House
Washington, DC
Dear President Obama,
Please excuse my confusion here. For the most part I have found your Presidency to be a positive one. The historic, and long overdue, election of a person of color to the office bodes well for the future of the country.
With that said, I am troubled by an inconsistency in your response to attacks on our system of justice, in particular, police officers on the front lines.
A twenty-five year old NYPD Sergeant is executed for doing his job, and all that comes out of your office are some platitudes about a noble profession and the tragedy of his death.
Where’s the outrage?
Where’s the mobilization of the resources of the Justice department to investigate how a convicted felon came to be in possession of a firearm?
Where are ranking members of your cabinet and why are they not traveling to New York, standing shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of NYPD, demanding that we all must know that Blue Lives matter?
Mr. President, I am sure you realize that Blue Lives matter, I am sure you realize that Black LIves matter, I am sure you know all lives matter.
But your relative silence on the death of this young officer and those that died in the line of duty before him makes it seem that some lives matter more.
I realize this country still has a long way to go before the words, “All men are created equal,” apply to everyone.
I realize it is important for the office of the Presidency to point out that inequality and to pursue Justice against those that would deny equality to others based on the color of their skin.
I realize all that.
But I also realize that even the perception of difference in responding to these situations is dangerous and disheartening.
I hope you’ll have a strong respresentation at the funeral for Sergeant Brian Moore, I hope you’ll demand that we do everything we can to prevent such tragedies in the future. I hope you’ll show the same genuine concern for the lives of all Officers as you have for other victims of injustice.
To do any less diminishes the high regard the office of the President commands.
Do not let political correctness temper the outrage.
Speak long and loudly of this, end the silence.
