Ann Dorn, the widow of a retired St. Louis police captain who was fatally shot throughout a violent protest within the metropolis final summer time, campaigned for Glenn Youngkin on Thursday in a tightening Virginia governor’s race.
David Dorn, 77, was shot and killed on June 2, 2020, after he responded to a burglar alarm at a pawnshop that was being looted. Riots had damaged out within the metropolis following the protests over George Floyd’s homicide whereas he was in police custody in Minneapolis days earlier than.
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Dorn, who’s a St. Louis police sergeant, mentioned she helps Youngkin “to go towards our liberal politicians and prosecutors, to guard our means of doing the job.”
Ann Dorn, widow of David Dorn who was murdered final 12 months through the St. Louis riots, campaigning for @GlennYoungkin in McLean, VA. “I’m standing with the Glenn to go towards our liberal politicians and prosecutors, to guard our means of doing the job.” pic.twitter.com/FTDXAiVAOW
— Audrey Fahlberg (@AudreyFahlberg) October 14, 2021
.@GlennYoungkin is about to deal with a bunch of legislation enforcement officers. Ann Dorn, the widow of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, speaks in assist of Youngkin. She says there must be extra professional legislation enforcement candidates throughout the nation.#VAGOV pic.twitter.com/HrZnXadDId
— Eva McKend (@evamckend) October 14, 2021
In a Thursday Fb put up marking Nationwide Police Week, Youngkin wrote, “We honor America’s legislation enforcement neighborhood.”
“The selfless acts of legislation enforcement embody the perfect of our Commonwealth, and it is essential that we keep in mind their sacrifices and braveness,” Youngkin mentioned. “I’ll all the time rise up for our legislation enforcement heroes.”
The governor’s race, seen as a bellwether for subsequent 12 months’s midterm elections, is drawing nearer in its closing weeks. A ballot by Christopher Newport College launched final week discovered Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe with a “small however narrowing” lead over Youngkin, 49% to 45%, which is inside the ballot’s margin of error of 4.2 share factors.
Dorn spoke on the Republican Nationwide Conference final 12 months in assist of then-President Donald Trump. Her late husband’s daughters instructed media shops that their father was a registered Democrat who opposed Trump, and so they requested their mom to rethink her RNC speech.
A spokesperson for the Youngkin marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Dorn’s assist.
