Denzel Washington: 'I Have The Utmost Respect' For Military, Law Enforcement
During an interview with Yahoo Entertainment to discuss his new film “The Little Things,” actor Denzel Washington spoke out in favor of the military and law enforcement and said that he has the “utmost respect” for what they do.
“I have the utmost respect for what they do, for what our soldiers do, that sacrifice their lives. I just don’t care for people who put those kind of people down. If it weren’t for them, we would not have the freedom to complain about what they do,” said Washington.
Washington then described a moment he had during a ride-along while preparing for a previous film:
I went out on a call with a sergeant. We got a call of a man outside his house with a rifle that was distraught. We pulled up and did a U-turn past the house and came up short of the house. He told me to sit in the car, which I was gonna do. I wasn’t getting out. He got out. As he got out, another car came screaming up, and two young people jumped out screaming. As it turned out, it was their grandfather. This policeman defused the entire situation by just remaining calm.
“It showed me in an instant how they can lose their life,” said Washington about the ride-along. “He didn’t overreact. He could’ve pulled his gun out and shot the people that came up driving real fast. He could’ve shot the old man that was distraught and a bit confused; I think he was suffering a little bit from dementia. But in an instant, it taught me, and I never forgot it, what our law enforcement people have to deal with moment to moment, second to second.”
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