The leader of the largest Texas law enforcement union is accusing President Barack Obama and other politicians of all stripes of doing nothing to protect law enforcement officers and their families.
Austin police Sgt. Todd Harrison is president of the 20,000-member Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, or CLEAT. In a statement Wednesday, he said, "There is an open war against the police on the streets of America." He further said, "President Obama and all the politicians in Texas and the U.S. have something in common: they've done absolutely nothing."
He noted a building wave of violence targeting law enforcement officers nationwide, from the Friday slaying of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth near Houston to the fatal shooting Tuesday of a northern Illinois police officer.
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