http:\/\/www.vocativ.com\/news\/257129\/san-bernardino-shooting-hero\/<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tells them to be calm, gives them quick instructions, and leads the way.<\/p>\n
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He reassures them that they\u2019re going to be okay. \u00a0They\u2019ll be safe.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ll take a bullet before you,\u201d he says them. \u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s for damn<\/em> sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And yet he leads them out.<\/p>\n
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At a time when the police are under heavy fire, both literally and from critics, such scenes must not be forgotten.<\/p>\n
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Most of the allegations of racist police violence that I\u2019ve seen over the past year or so\u00a0have turned out upon investigation to be dubious, if not altogether baseless. \u00a0A few cases, sadly, have shown individual policemen acting very poorly, and these misbehaving officers have been, or are being, prosecuted \u2014 as they very much should be.<\/p>\n
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But there are many thousands of police officers in the United States, and the vast majority of them are good, decent men and women, doing their best and sometimes putting their lives at risk \u2014 often for relatively low pay and in the face of at least some community hostility \u2014 to preserve order and keep us safe.<\/p>\n
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Some of them are genuine heroes. \u00a0Several showed themselves to be such heroes yesterday.<\/p>\n
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I want to publicly express my admiration for them, and my gratitude to them.<\/p>\n
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