MATTOON â Wearing police caps, children at Maranatha Baptist Church headed to the front of the sanctuary and led the congregation in prayer in support of law enforcement officers Sunday morning.
Later in the service, the Rev. Dan Haifley told worshippers that the community s police officers are there to keep the peace and to protect them and their children. For example, he said, a motorist should not get mad for being ticketed for talking on a cellphone while driving and should instead consider that the officer was looking out for the safety of children along the roadways. When you see them (officers) out and about, say thank you for your service, Haifley said.
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A rally attendee sits draped in a “Thin Blue Line” pro-police blanket. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner.
In late October, then-President
Donald Trump in the midst of a scorched Earth re-election campaign that touted a pro-law enforcement message and painted him as the candidate of “law and order,” appeared at a rally in Waukesha.
Trump arrived in southern Wisconsin two months after a white Kenosha cop had shot