MOBILE, Ala. — The City of Mobile is expressing its support for the city’s law enforcement community this week with a stunning blue light display igniting the bayside skyline.
“Our skyline will shine blue this week,” reads a post on the City of Mobile’s Facebook page, “in honor of the men and women in blue who wake up everyday not knowing if they’ll return home.”
The display comes in the wake of a series of violent attacks on police officers in other parts of the country, including Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where members of law enforcement were targeted and killed or wounded.
The Alabama State Capitol also showed its support for law enforcement by lighting up blue on Monday as well, and many citizens around the state are joining in in different ways.
The small town of Rainbow city recently hosted a law enforcement support night and several other cities around the state have done the same.
Another Alabamian personally sought out and publicly thanked the officers who saved his life after he was nearly killed in a shooting in Birmingham.
“I just want to come here and thank the officers for doing their job to the best of their ability and trying to show them people care about them doing their job because I know it could be a hard task out here,” the man said.
Other Alabamians took to social media to encourage their friends and co-workers to wear blue clothes or ribbons in support of police officers, and others pledged to place blue lightbulbs on their front porch.
“My plan is to replace my porch light with a blue light bulb to honor our heroes in blue,” said one social media commenter. “I want them to know me and my household are behind them and appreciate them.”
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