Stop Using Cops as Props!
Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Check out Michael's post here: https://michaelfanone.substack.com/p/from-one-cop-to-another
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| 0:20.0 | Hi everyone, Ben Parker from the Bullwark. It is my pleasure and honor to be joined by |
| 0:27.4 | Officer Michael Fanon, one of the heroes of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, |
| 0:34.4 | former member of the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department, Officer Frenone, |
| 0:38.9 | thanks for joining me. Thank you guys for having me. I appreciate it. And it's sad, but we actually |
| 0:43.5 | have to quantify. I was, when he says I was a hero of January 6th, I was one of the police officers |
| 0:51.1 | that showed up that day, not the insurrectionists. |
| 0:55.1 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 0:57.2 | To me, that's what being a hero on that day meant. |
| 1:00.3 | I guess other people have a different interpretation. |
| 1:02.0 | But we will talk about that because on your substack, you had a really powerful BC wrote for National Police Officers Memorial Day, which is May 15th. |
| 1:15.1 | And it's called from one cop to another. |
| 1:17.7 | What made you want to write this piece, Officer from that? |
| 1:20.1 | I mean, coming from a law enforcement background, for those that don't know, I spent two |
| 1:26.7 | decades with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. Before that, I spent a year with the United States Capitol Police. So I spent the better part of my adult life as an American law enforcement officer. And I am seeing the way that or have experienced the way that law enforcement officers in this country have been pandered to and politicized by both a Republican and Democratic Party. |
| 1:57.0 | Yeah, we got to talk about this because this is what the piece is all about. |
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