{"id":1065386,"date":"2021-11-29T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065386"},"modified":"2021-11-29T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:02:19","slug":"beaten-black-and-blue-being-a-black-cop-in-an-america-under-siege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beaten-black-and-blue-being-a-black-cop-in-an-america-under-siege\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaten Black And Blue: Being A Black Cop In An America Under Siege"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeaten-black-and-blue-being-a-black-cop-in-an-america-under-siege%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The truth is out there, but you\u2019re not going to hear about it from mainstream media and most politicians. No one seems to care about the truth, the kind made up of facts \u2014 the kind that will set you free. Instead, we hear a message made up of outright lies for the sole purpose of supporting a political agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you believe the media, leftist political pundits, and progressive Democrats, America is under siege from police departments filled with white supremacists ready to shoot down every person of color they can \u2014 especially young black men. According to them, the only way to fix what\u2019s wrong in this country is to defund, and even do away with, the police. Do you want the real truth? America <em>is<\/em> under siege, but it\u2019s from crazy ideas. Like sending social workers in to deal with domestic violence situations, as if that\u2019s better and safer than having trained officers handle these dangerous calls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I want to set the record straight for Americans because the mainstream narrative you hear is not reality. My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beaten-Black-Blue-Being-America\/dp\/1642938513\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Brandon+Tatum&amp;qid=1638217846&amp;sr=8-1\">book<\/a>, Beaten Black and Blue \u2013 Being a Black Cop in an America Under Siege, is a truth bomb of what it\u2019s really like to be a police officer, especially a black police officer. When I started my career as an officer, I didn\u2019t set out to write a book. When my time as an officer came to an end, I shared my opinion on what was going on in our country. I felt I knew what was really happening in our police departments, in our communities, and on our streets. I was calling out the lies where I saw them, and I had the luxury of speaking the truth without repercussions. The more I posted, the more I heard from active police officers thanking me for being their voice. I said things they couldn\u2019t say without putting their jobs \u2014 and sometimes their lives \u2014 at risk. That\u2019s when I knew what I was doing had a larger role in society than just sharing my own thoughts. I realized it was time to write a book so more people could hear the voices and stories from today\u2019s police officers.<\/p>\n<p>My experience cannot speak for everyone \u2014 that\u2019s why I reached out to five other police officers to share their unique perspectives in this book. Black, white, east coast, west coast \u2014 we all have a story to tell that\u2019s different from what the media would have you believe. Now, I\u2019m not going to lie; police officers are not perfect. But police officers are the least racist people I know. Let me say that again \u2014 police officers are the least racist people I know! That\u2019s one of the biggest lies I hear all the time. What\u2019s crazy is people slap that label onto every officer who wears the blue uniform, including black officers. Every officer\u2019s story in the book will tell you the truth from their point of view.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why is the reality of policing so far from the mainstream narrative? As I\u2019ve already shared, it\u2019s for a political agenda. It\u2019s about keeping people scared and victimized so others will have power over them. Painting police officers as racists is a part of that victimization. It\u2019s alarming, grabs headlines, and creates talking points for the left\u2019s desire to do away with police and gain political control over communities. Are there times when police officers abuse their position? Yes. There are also times when that\u2019s not the case, but if the media can make it appear racially motivated, it supports their agenda \u2014 the truth be damned. That\u2019s why from George Floyd to Jacob Blake, my book addresses the biggest police cases in the media and lays out all the facts \u2014 good and bad \u2014 for people to understand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No one likes to see blue lights flashing in their rearview mirror, but police officers are not the enemy. The majority of Americans don\u2019t understand they\u2019re being duped. They\u2019re held hostage by a vocal, angry, misinformed minority who use every trick in the book to keep this country divided. One of their biggest weapons they use is the lie that our laws and the police officers who uphold them are all racist. Every police officer I know joined the force to help their community, to be a hero, not to target a specific group of people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being a police officer is hard on a good day. It\u2019s impossible in today\u2019s world where police officers are treated as the enemy. It\u2019s beyond hell when you\u2019re a black police officer who is distrusted and labeled a bigot or racist. Forget the idea that defunding the police will create more compassionate neighborhoods. Defunding means fewer police with less training, and that means more crime and less safety for everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truth is out there, but you\u2019re not going to hear about it from mainstream media and most politicians. No one seems to care about the truth, the kind made up of facts \u2014 the kind that will set you free. Instead, we hear a message made up of outright lies for the sole purpose of supporting a political agenda.\u00a0If you believe the media, leftist political pundits, and progressive Democrats, America is under siege from police departments filled with white supremacists ready to shoot down every person of color they can \u2014 especially young black men. According to them, the only way to fix what\u2019s wrong in this country is to defund, and even do away with, the police. Do you want the real truth? America is under siege, but it\u2019s from crazy ideas. Like sending social workers in to deal with domestic violence situations, as if that\u2019s better and safer than having trained officers handle these dangerous calls.\u00a0I want to set the record straight for Americans because the mainstream narrative you hear is not reality. My book, Beaten Black and Blue \u2013 Being a Black Cop in an America Under Siege, is a truth bomb of what it\u2019s really like to be a police officer, especially a black police officer. When I started my career as an officer, I didn\u2019t set out to write a book. When my time as an officer came to an end, I shared my opinion on what was going on in our country. I felt I knew what was really happening in our police departments, in our communities, and on our streets. I was calling out the lies where I saw them, and I had the luxury of speaking the truth without repercussions. The more I posted, the more I heard from active police officers thanking me for being their voice. I said things they couldn\u2019t say without putting their jobs \u2014 and sometimes their lives \u2014 at risk. That\u2019s when I knew what I was doing had a larger role in society than just sharing my own thoughts. I realized it was time to write a book so more people could hear the voices and stories from today\u2019s police officers.My experience cannot speak for everyone \u2014 that\u2019s why I reached out to five other police officers to share their unique perspectives in this book. Black, white, east coast, west coast \u2014 we all have a story to tell that\u2019s different from what the media would have you believe. Now, I\u2019m not going to lie; police officers are not perfect. But police officers are the least racist people I know. Let me say that again \u2014 police officers are the least racist people I know! That\u2019s one of the biggest lies I hear all the time. What\u2019s crazy is people slap that label onto every officer who wears the blue uniform, including black officers. Every officer\u2019s story in the book will tell you the truth from their point of view.\u00a0Why is the reality of policing so far from the mainstream narrative? As I\u2019ve already shared, it\u2019s for a political agenda. It\u2019s about keeping people scared and victimized so others will have power over them. Painting police officers as racists is a part of that victimization. It\u2019s alarming, grabs headlines, and creates talking points for the left\u2019s desire to do away with police and gain political control over communities. Are there times when police officers abuse their position? Yes. There are also times when that\u2019s not the case, but if the media can make it appear racially motivated, it supports their agenda \u2014 the truth be damned. That\u2019s why from George Floyd to Jacob Blake, my book addresses the biggest police cases in the media and lays out all the facts \u2014 good and bad \u2014 for people to understand.\u00a0No one likes to see blue lights flashing in their rearview mirror, but police officers are not the enemy. The majority of Americans don\u2019t understand they\u2019re being duped. They\u2019re held hostage by a vocal, angry, misinformed minority who use every trick in the book to keep this country divided. One of their biggest weapons they use is the lie that our laws and the police officers who uphold them are all racist. Every police officer I know joined the force to help their community, to be a hero, not to target a specific group of people.\u00a0Being a police officer is hard on a good day. It\u2019s impossible in today\u2019s world where police officers are treated as the enemy. It\u2019s beyond hell when you\u2019re a black police officer who is distrusted and labeled a bigot or racist. Forget the idea that defunding the police will create more compassionate neighborhoods. Defunding means fewer police with less training, and that means more crime and less safety for everyone.\u00a0It\u2019s a jungle out there and because so many officers cannot speak for themselves \u2014 because they have to be careful of repercussions from every level \u2014 I will continue to speak for them. A definition for \u201cunder siege\u201d is when a person or group is very seriously attacked or criticized by many people. My hope is that this book is a step to end this siege, share the truth, and create a path to a better country. Brandon Tatum is a former Tucson police officer who served as the Director of Urban Outreach at Turning Point USA. Brandon is the co-founder of BLEXIT, and the founder and CEO of three companies, including The Officer Tatum, LLC. His new book,\u00a0Beaten Black and Blue \u2013 Being a Black Cop in an America Under Siege is available for pre-order now.The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}