Three police officers were murdered and two were wounded Sept. 17 in one of the deadliest ambushes against law enforcement in 25 years. This attack, which unfolded in North Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, 115 miles west of Philadelphia, was not a chaotic shootout. It was a calculated execution.

The fallen officers, Detective Mark Baker, Detective Sgt. Cody Becker and Sgt. Isiah Emenheiser of the North York County Regional Police were ambushed while serving an arrest warrant on a stalking suspect.

That suspect, Matthew J. Ruth, 24, had broken into his ex-girlfriend’s home and lay in wait for officers to arrive. He was killed by police after the two-minute assault.

This is not an isolated incident. It’s part of a disturbing national trend. Ambushes against police have become the new norma

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