A HORRIBLE TREND – OVERNIGHT:  Attacks on police officers are escalating.  It is nationwide.  It is the culmination of two-years of anti-police hatred by the hard left, as our so-called "free press" averts its eyes.  From Fox:     

Police and law enforcement officers continue to be the victims of a violent trend, as six officers were the victims of gun violence over just the past two days.

Two police officers were shot Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis; a Milwaukee sheriff's deputy was shot several times during a traffic stop Wednesday evening; and, three more police officers were shot in Houston on Thursday, in separate instances, authorities said.

One St. Louis police officer was in "very critical, very unstable" condition after he was shot in the leg and another officer was shot in the abdomen around 1 p.m during a traffic stop, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief John Hayden said during a press conference on Wednesday.

"I am asking the public to pray for our officers. This is a rough time," Hayden said. "They're doing everything they can to keep people safe, and we keep having these critical incidents."

The officer who was critically injured had been serving in the force for three-and-a-half years, while the other officer has been on two-and-a-half years, according to the chief. Both are in their mid-20s.

Officers spotted the vehicle that was wanted in a homicide case from the night before and pulled it over, Hayden said. The individuals inside the vehicle shot at the officers as they approached the vehicle, striking both, before fleeing. The four individuals were all taken into custody, the chief said.

Three police officers were hospitalized during a separate shooting incident in Houston, after a suspect shot one officer in the foot, another in the leg, and a third officer in the arm, all of which were hospitalized in stable condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, authorities said.

The officers, all of them belonging to the Northeast Patrol, were identified as N. Gadson, 35; D. Hayden, 32; and A. Alvarez, 28, by a tweet from the Houston Police Thursday evening.

After shooting the officers, the suspect fled and barricaded himself in a house, authorities said.
A short time later, police officers surrounded the building and, after a gunfight where the suspect was shot in the neck, the unidentified 31-year-old suspect surrendered.

During a third incident in Milwaukee, a sheriff's deputy shot several times in his arms and torso after he pursued a passenger who fled on foot from a traffic stop, officials said.

The unidentified deputy, 26, has been with the agency for 18 months and was hospitalized, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell R. Lucas said during a press conference Wednesday.

COMMENT:  The impact is devastating.  People don't feel safe in their own cities, sometimes their own homes.  Police departments report difficulty recruiting new officers.  And hard-left prosecutors are refusing to prosecute many forms of criminality, which leads to more criminality.  Trust in the press is also declining.

There's no evidence that President Biden has any plan to deal with this crisis on the federal level.  Vice President Harris is asleep. 

It's hard to believe that the anti-police attacks will end.  We look with dread at our increasingly unstable future.

January 28, 2022