Two weeks after after the National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP) endorsed former President Donald Trump, a newly formed liberal police leadership organization has endorsed Kamala Harris, who supported the “Defund the Police” movement, for the 2024 presidential election.
The Fraternal Order of Police officially endorsed Trump for President on September 6, citing overwhelming support for the former president among its 377,000 members.
On Monday, the pro-Harris-Walz X account “Harris Wins” excitedly shared on X that Harris had won some law enforcement support of her own: “The Police Leaders for Community Safety just announced they are endorsing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. Law enforcement agencies do not want to support a convicted felon. This is huge,” it said.
The notoriously misleading and deceptive “Kamala HQ” X account also trumpeted the news that a “leading law enforcement group” had endorsed Harris.
NJ.com also reported the news, inaccurately stating in its headline: “Harris gets stunning endorsement from group that normally backs Trump.”
In truth, “Police Leaders for Community Safety” is a very small national advocacy (501(c)4) nonprofit that has never endorsed Trump or anyone else. The group was only recently activated in June of 2024, and is headed by former UW-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling, whose rabidly left-wing, anti-Trump proclivities are openly on display on social media.
While the NFOP boasts more than 377,000 members, the newly formed Police Leaders for Community Safety claims to made up of “50 prominent law enforcement leaders.”
Riseling lauded Harris’ alleged “commitment to public safety” in the group’s press release announcing its first-ever endorsement.
“This endorsement reflects Vice President Harris’ track record and unwavering commitment to public safety and the rule of law,” Riseling said. “As police leaders who have led law enforcement agencies and the major national law enforcement leadership groups, we know first-hand what it will take to make our communities safer – and that includes having Kamala Harris as our next president.”
While Police Leaders for Community Safety claims to be nonpartisan, its chairwoman’s X account betrays an obvious preference for Democrats, support for the Biden-Harris regime and animus toward Republicans, especially former President Donald Trump. The chairwoman frequently reposts content from left-wing disinformation outlets “Occupy Democrats,” “Call to Activism,” “The Palmer Report,” and “Republicans against Trump,” as well as posts from Joe Biden’s X account.
Riseling was very active on X active ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, sharing an October 2022 Occupy Democrats post accusing Trump of being a deadbeat who doesn’t pay his bills.
On October 24, 2022, she shared another unhinged Occupy Democrats post calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached.
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, she also glommed onto the Democrats’ fake messaging about Republicans “threatening Social Security.”
Riseling reacted viscerally to a Florida law that was passed in July of 2022 that directed public schools to develop an online training program for all personnel involved in the selection and maintenance of library media collections. A council was tasked with advising public school librarians on new rules restricting inappropriate and pornographic books in school libraries.
“This is out of the authoritarian handbook,” she wrote in response to a Daily Beast story about the new law. “Control the content of schools you control the future. Absolutely frightening.”
After billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter (now X), Riseling announced that she was leaving the platform.
She announced on X in June of 2023 that she had embarked on “a new adventure,” by forming the Police Leaders For Community Safety, and asked users to follow her at @PoliceLCS.
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