The lack of respect for law enforcement from groups like antifa and Black Lives Matter is having a negative impact on the culture all over America.

Tulsa saw some of that when President Trump held a rally here earlier this year.

Police in New York City, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Austin, Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities are assaulted, spit on, pushed around and screamed at. Rioters throw bricks at them, throw urine and feces at them and threaten to kill them.

Tulsa police are not immune to that rising tide of disrespect.

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said assaults on Tulsa police officers are up more than 40 percent compared to last year.

“There’s this phenomenon that appears to be occurring in Tulsa and across our nation which has not yet before been seen,” Franklin said. “Perhaps it’s the pandemic which has knocked the world off-kilter.”

The sad part is that these constant assaults on the police get no coverage from the liberal news media. All of the focus is on trying to condemn police in confrontations with suspects.

Some of the police deserve condemnation but that is miniscule compared to the danger faced by police and county deputies on a daily basis.

Law and order is under assault, too.

Homicides in Tulsa are up between 14 and 19 percent, according to Franklin. The department’s Crime Gun Unit and OGU have seized 241 firearms.

Domestic violence calls have increased as the coronavirus lockdown raises tensions.  Officers have responded to more 12,500 calls so far this year, compared to 21,000 calls in all of 2019. Police said 446 domestic violence calls involved strangulation.

Police are not perfect but most of the time they are our first line of defense against chaos and mayhem. Because they represent the law, they deserve respect.