To you he may be a long line of choice words because you've never met a cop that you can trust.
To you he may be a symbol of a group of people you hate.
To you he may be the one that separated your family and put someone you love in jail.
But to me...
That's my little brother, my first best friend, my first partner, my blood!
That's my niece's father, my mother's son, my daughter's uncle. That's my brother.
Every time I see a person in uniform, his is the face I see. There is more to that man than his badge. He belongs to someone, there are people praying that he just comes home alive. Every traffic stop and emergency that I see...I see my brother.
He is the man that will hold you and do CPR on you in your final hours, no matter how your life ended. He is the man who will race down the highway to help you. He is the man who will change your tire in the pouring rain. He is the man who will search endlessly when your child walked out the door and you don't know where. He is the man who will run into your house when all others would run out. He is the man willing to be the only thing standing between you and the greatest evil that has ever confronted you. He is the man who would take a bullet for you, you, a complete stranger. He is the man who would die to protect you and your family. He is that man, but first, he is my brother!
Every siren I here, sends chills through my soul. Every story on the news of a man/woman in blue who made their last call breaks my heart for days and brings tears to my eyes. Every badge I see, every Kevlar vest, every uniform, that's my brother!
Every Law Enforcement Officer is someone's loved one. They are Fathers and Mothers, Sisters and Brothers. They are someone's child, someone's friend, and someone will notice if they don't come home. Don't take them for granted, greet them with kindness and respect. Pray for them. They risk their lives daily for people they don't know. You may hate them when they pull you over, but you'll never know what they protected you from down the road, your speed could have killed someone.
I believe that all people deserve respect and to be treated equally and fairly. I believe that all lives matter. I believe in our rights to choose and live, and believe how we want. I believe all these things, and I support a lot of causes, but on top of my list I Back the Blue! Because He's my brother!
