HARD TO BELIEVE THIS – AT 7:09 P.M. ET:  Here are three African-American women who did the right thing, and look what happened:

TAMPA — At the store, walking down the street and at local clubs, Renee Roundtree hears the comments.

Snitch. Why'd you help them?

"I even had an ex-friend call and say, 'That was f------ up. You turned my boy in,' " said Roundtree, 37.

But she didn't turn in Dontae Morris, the man accused of shooting Tampa police Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab on June 29. She simply tried to help the two officers as they lay shot on the ground outside of her friend's apartment. She checked their pulses and stayed on scene with Delores Keen — who called 911 — and Rose Dodson until police arrived.

On Wednesday, the three women were praised by Hillsborough County commissioners for rushing to try to help the officers.

But two of them say they're concerned for their safety. They say they've received dozens of negative comments since that morning, many from strangers who recognized them from television news interviews.

COMMENT:  A phone call from the president of the United States thanking these women for their decency might be nice.  And maybe a follow-up from the attorney general of the United States pledging all federal support if their civil liberties are violated might also be in order.

How about it guys.  Terrorists aren't the only people with rights.

July 16, 2010