Thankful to be an American
Any time I see our American flag, I think how thankful I am to be born in America. I’ve spent nearly 30 years in service to my country. …
Now we have some athletes taking offense for the flag that gave them the right to do what they are doing. Most of those kneeling don’t have a clue. They are playing a game for crying out loud. A game and getting rich doing it. In a lot of countries they would be imprisoned or shot. Their beef is cops on black. Think about it, when a policeman says stop, it means stop. No discussion! Most, if not all of the so-called cops vs. blacks incidents were because the person did not obey the order. We don’t have a policing problem, we have a problem in obeying a lawful order.
Let us honor our flag. Obey our police and work to make America the country that is a shining light in a very dark world.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
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