Two Los Angeles County Sheriffs Shot

After a summer of riots and calls to defund the police, our law enforcement officers now have a target on their backs.

This sad reality was once again realized yesterday when two LA police officers were shot point-blank in the head while sitting in their police car.

From the Washington Times:

Video of the incident showed a gunman in dark clothing approach the passenger’s side window of the police car and fire directly into the vehicle before running off, a shooting that the sheriff’s department said was “without warning or provocation.”

The Los Angeles City Council cut $150 million from the $3 billion LAPD budget in July in response to calls from Black Lives Matter protesters to defund the police, bringing staffing to its lowest level since 2008.

And after it seemed as though humanity could not get any worse, protestors showed up at the hospital the officers were and blocked the emergency exit while chanting “We hope they die.”

More from the Washington Times:

Protesters blocked the entrance to the hospital where two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies were in critical condition after being shot Saturday in an ambush, shouting, “We hope they die,” according to the department.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department described the scene in a late Saturday tweet and warned protesters late Saturday to clear the access to the emergency room at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood.

“To the protesters blocking the entrance & exit of the HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM yelling ‘We hope they die,’ referring to 2 LA Sheriff’s ambushed today in #Compton: DO NOT BLOCK EMERGENCY ENTRIES 7 EXITS TO THE HOSPITAL,” tweeted the department. “People’s lives are at stake when ambulances can’t get through.”

Thankfully, the two officers are expected to survive.