The widow of a retired officer who was killed in the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot spoke out in support of Jason Aldeanās new song.
In an interview on āJesse Watters Primetime,ā Ret. Police Sgt. Ann Dorn, whose husband, David was killed during the riots, defended Aldeanās song āTry That In A Small Townā and called the controversy āabsurdā after watching the Music video.
āIt speaks of small-town values. It speaks of community values. It speaks of standing up for ourselves,ā she said.
Continuing, Dorn inquired, āWhen did it become illegal in the United States of America for us to stand up for ourselves? Thatās our given rights to protect ourselves, our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.ā
She further explained she understood Aldeanās intentions behind the song despite the criticism it has received.
āItās a sense of community. Itās a sense of neighborhood. Itās a sense of taking care of each other, and weāve gotten so far away from that that itās actually very scary,ā she added.
When asked by Watters if she wished āthere were more small-town-minded peopleĀ aroundā on the night of her husbandās murder, Dorn responded, āI do. Thereās a lot of disrespect now and thereās no sense of community, and people donāt stand up for their community.ā
āThey donāt stop these things that happen in a small town, just like Jason says in his song, youāre not going to do that here, the communityās not going to stand for it,ā she stated.
Furthermore, Dorn said, āThe communityās not gonna allow you to come into our town and destroy our town. Weāre gonna defend it and weāre gonna defend it with our lives if we have to.ā
This came after Aldean, 46, addressed accusations on his Twitter page that his song wasĀ āpro lynchingā and was in reference to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
āThese references are not only meritless but dangerous,ā the country singer wrote. āThere is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isnāt a single video clip that isnāt real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with Music- this one goes too far.ā
