An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department is speaking out against the rampant uptick in violence against police officers after 13 cops were shot within 24 hoursnationwide, while six were killed in the line of duty already this year alone.
Officer Deon Joseph with the LAPD joined "America's Newsroom" Monday to discuss the recent violence, urging Americans to respect the men and women in blue and calling them the "living embodiment of the law."
"Law enforcement needs to be respected, not because we were angels who walk on water, but because we're the living embodiment of the law," Officer Joseph told co-host Bill Hemmer. "And when you don't even respect or value the life of the living embodiment of that individual enforcing the law, you're going to have lawlessness that's going to come."
There were nine police officers shot in Arizona, two officers shot in Maryland, one in New Mexico, and another officer shot in Pennsylvania last week in a matter of 24 hours.