In Grand Rapids, Michigan, businesses are boarded up, with workers sent home as President Gerald Ford’s hometown braces for the release of a video showing police involvement in a fatal shooting. https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/businesses-boarded-up-workers-sent-home-as-grand-rapids-braces-for-release-of-video-of-fatal-police-involved-shooting_4402360.html?utm_source=andshare
Our guest is Michael Letts, a police officer who was an early responder to the 9/11 attack. Michael will lend us his experiences in similar situations, especially regarding the community responses, and how he believes matters like this should be handled in a responsible way. Welcome, Officer Letts.
Q&A:
- Michael, what may we expect once this video is released?
- What safety measures should police and local government take when there is a high-profile revelation like this?
- How has the news media played into prior riots after verdicts or other emotionalized incidents?
- Concerning our First Amendment rights, we have the right to redress grievances, picket in public squares, and so forth, but we don’t have the right to scream FIRE in a crowded theater when there is no fire. Please shed some light for us on the delicate balance right of free speech vs. safety in this unfolding scenario in Grand Rapids.
- A couple of years back, we saw police officers in Portland and elsewhere ordered to stand down and allow demonstrators to tear up their downtowns. Is there ever a place for such restraint?
- Tell us about your charity, InVest USA, and how you donate bulletproof vests to police officers and other first responders, and let us know where we may go for more information or support your work.
Answer: InVestUSA.org
Michael A. Letts is the CEO and Founder of In-VestUSA, a national grassroots non-profit organization helping hundreds of communities provide thousands of bulletproof vests for their police forces through educational, public relations, sponsorship, and fundraising programs.
CONTACT: Jerry McGlothlin for Michael Letts 919-437-0001 jerry@specialguests.com
