Will NFL, NBA, MLB Honor Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard?

BUCK: Welcome back to Clay and Buck.

BUCK: You heard that from Fox reporter Alexis McAdams about 1500 members of the NYPD resigning or retiring this year alone. I spoke to a friend — a longtime officer who is retired now — last night. He said that his friends who are still in say that recruitment is also way down. So it’s not just you have a huge surge in, in many cases, the most seasoned and experienced officers of the whole 40,000-some-odd strong force, but you also have a very hard time getting new officers to join.

Part of this is obviously the movement not only to defund police but to disrespect police that has grown I think widely in the popular culture, that the Democrats pander to because they’re gross, because they want to pretend the problem in society is not the criminal but is the cop who’s trying to police the streets to keep us safe. And I think one thing that Clay and have I talked about — we’d like to make sure we keep this in mind going forward as well —

— is when officers fall in the line of duty, why doesn’t it get more of a discussion in the media? Why is it that I’m almost certainly the first person to tell you about Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard of Maryland. he died hour after he was shot trying to make an arrest in Pittsville, Maryland. Suspect is in custody, by the way. Deputy Hilliard leaves behind a wife and three children, would have been 42 next week.

Any NFL, NBA, or Major League Baseball players going to call for a moment of silence, going to write Deputy Hilliard’s name on their helmet or on their wristband or you name it? Why don’t we? He was, by the way, an African-American police officer, I might add, died for his country, for his community. Why isn’t his name revered? Why aren’t we talking about the heroes, Clay?

CLAY: It’s a fantastic question, and I think it is a testament to how lost these leagues have become, that police — in the eyes of many who work at the leagues, who play for the leagues, who coach in the leagues — have become the enemy. Now, I should tell you, the amount of people reaching out after the Jack Del Rio story that were furious, players, coaches, substantial, and I think that… This is the kind of the question that I was asking you, Buck.

And, by the way, prayers for every police officer out there. This show, I hope, supports police more so than almost anyone in media. That’s our goal. We respect you guys. Many of you are listening — and girls — who are out there trying to make our streets safer. But I think what’s going on is there are so many people who are based in New York and L.A. that have no idea what the rest of the country is thinking.

That’s one of the reasons I asked you that question about the morning after the red wave. I think Democrats are going to double down on their craziness. And I think the result is going to be not only a red wave in 2022, but I think a red wave’s gonna carry Republicans back to the White House in 2024, and I think it’s gonna be a large degree based on crime and wanting to put police back on our streets to be able to do their jobs.