Tupelo honoring officers

I read an article in the newspaper where Tupelo city council has changed some wording in their rules regarding pay for recovering officers. A year ago in December of 2013, two police officers were shot. One was killed and left behind two small children. The other officer is still recovering from his injuries a year later. His sick leave and vacation have long been used up. Other officers have donated some of their sick time to support his officer. They had a law revised in the state legislature called after the names of these two officers that would allow the city to continue to pay the officer during his very long recovery with out having to deplete every hour of sick leave he has available. What happens when he is fully recovered and back to work and gets the flu or has some other need for sick leave and his hours are all gone. His recovery has already been a year long. I thought this was a good move for the city to find a way to continue to support his officer who was very severely injured in the line of duty.  I am proud to be associated with a city that supports its public servants in this manner.  I wish these protesters would take a look at the dangers our officers face every day and the severe consequences they face when these situations go against them. What happened to these officers is why our police officers have to be so careful and take control of any difficult situation the encounter. They want to go home alive and uninjured at the end of the day. These Tupelo officers were responding to a bank robbery. The suspect was a young black thug with no respect for others much like Michael Brown.  To me it is amazing that there is so much fuss over this young thug who would no doubt have killed the officer if he'd gotten the upper hand. After the video I saw of Michael Brown beating up a senior citizen and his disregard for the welfare of others, I cannot believe a person of his temperament had his hands up. In Tupelo we saw what happens to the officers if these thugs get the upper hand. One is dead and the other is still recovering after a full year. It makes me sick to see this happening in our country. The disrespect displayed towards our public servants who lay their lives on the line for us. And making an angel out of a thug who probably would have kicked and beaten the officer like he did that senior citizen if he'd gotten the chance. Every time I hear more of this hands up, don't shoot,  making this thug a saint, it just makes me sick. Especially when so close to home we still have a recovering officer after a full year.  I hope the black people in this community have not forgotten the sacrifice of their public servants one year ago.  Some of Tupelo's city Alderpersons are black and I am sure they support these public servants with out regard for their race. We need to quit making everything a black and white issue and be one. I am proud of Tupelo, and their city council taking this action to support their public servants. God bless, LVZ.