{"id":9336,"date":"2015-03-12T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9336"},"modified":"2015-03-12T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T01:45:00","slug":"police-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9336","title":{"rendered":"Police Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Police-Lives-Matter-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9341\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Police-Lives-Matter-.jpg\" alt=\"Police Lives Matter\" width=\"2487\" height=\"1815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Police-Lives-Matter-.jpg 2487w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Police-Lives-Matter--300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Police-Lives-Matter--1024x747.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2487px) 100vw, 2487px\" \/><\/a>I was thinking about the two police officers shot in Ferguson this morning when I remembered this homemade sign placed beside the road in the city where I work.\u00a0 This impromptu road sign was much like a banner I had seen a few weeks ago in Gibsonton on U.S. 41.\u00a0 It also read, &#8220;Police Lives Matter,&#8221; and was displayed over a business.\u00a0 Both made me reflect that there are many law enforcement supporters out there who are our silent majority. \u00a0I appreciate the sentiments. \u00a0Speedy recovery to the wounded officers and safe shifts to those on watch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking about the two police officers shot in Ferguson this morning when I remembered this homemade sign placed beside the road in the city where I work.\u00a0 This impromptu road sign was much like a banner I had seen a few weeks ago in Gibsonton on U.S. 41.\u00a0 It also read, &#8220;Police Lives Matter,&#8221; and was displayed over a business.\u00a0 Both made me reflect that there are many law enforcement supporters out there who are our silent majority. \u00a0I appreciate the sentiments. \u00a0Speedy recovery to the wounded officers and safe shifts to those on watch&#8230; Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72,349,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-down","category-politics","category-street"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I was thinking about the two police officers shot in Ferguson this morning when I remembered this homemade sign placed beside the road in the city where I work. 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