Shirley A. Coté - How many members of the public have the Anchorage police killed this year? I think it was 2014 when ya-all killed five people for such heinous crimes as traffic violations and being homeless. Do you perhaps hope that us rallying around you will keep you safe from the bullets headed your way?

And, no, I'm not condoning the killing of police officers. I'm simply pointing out that you all are hypocrites in need of some intense self-evaluation over why people would want to shoot at you. The public didn't start the war, so maybe you shouldn't ask for our help until you've done what it takes to ease the tension. It might start with an acknowledgement that traffic violations and exercising the 2nd amendment are not reasonable reasons to mete out the death penalty without a trial.

Until you do that, you don't have my support and I don't think you should have anyone else's either, though people are free to make that choice for themselves.