Ever since Trayvon "If I Had a Son", and Michael Peaceful Brown died, and subsequently Obama turned average Americans against law enforcement, and the wave led to the Black Lives movement, there has been a surge in law enforcement attacks, shootings and deaths.
Now...our police officers are being attacked by snipers.
Manhunt underway for sniper who shot Los Angeles sheriff's deputy
A sniper located in an apartment building in Los Angeles County opened fire on a sheriff's deputy just outside his station house on Wednesday afternoon.
The deputy, identified as 21-year-old Angel Reinosa, was shot in his bulletproof vest in the parking lot of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lancaster station by someone in the apartment building across the street, which is a government-subsidized facility.
The shooting took place in Lancaster, about an hour north of downtown Los Angeles, at about 2:45 p.m. local time.
Police search for the gunman after a sheriff's deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.
"Think about what happened here -- a sniper took out one of our deputies," Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said at a press conference. "And the only reason that deputy is alive is because he had his vest on."
"He was getting ready to take that vest off," he added. "Had he done so, it would've been a much more tragic situation."
The suspect is still on the loose, authorities said early Thursday. Sheriff's deputies cleared the apartment building overnight and did not find the person. The suspect has not been named, and it is unclear if they are a resident of the building.
PHOTO: Police on the scene where a sheriffs deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.
Police on the scene where a sheriff's deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.
Now...our police officers are being attacked by snipers.
Manhunt underway for sniper who shot Los Angeles sheriff's deputy
A sniper located in an apartment building in Los Angeles County opened fire on a sheriff's deputy just outside his station house on Wednesday afternoon.
The deputy, identified as 21-year-old Angel Reinosa, was shot in his bulletproof vest in the parking lot of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lancaster station by someone in the apartment building across the street, which is a government-subsidized facility.
The shooting took place in Lancaster, about an hour north of downtown Los Angeles, at about 2:45 p.m. local time.
Police search for the gunman after a sheriff's deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.
"Think about what happened here -- a sniper took out one of our deputies," Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said at a press conference. "And the only reason that deputy is alive is because he had his vest on."
"He was getting ready to take that vest off," he added. "Had he done so, it would've been a much more tragic situation."
The suspect is still on the loose, authorities said early Thursday. Sheriff's deputies cleared the apartment building overnight and did not find the person. The suspect has not been named, and it is unclear if they are a resident of the building.
PHOTO: Police on the scene where a sheriffs deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.
Police on the scene where a sheriff's deputy was shot heading to his car in a parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.