Miami Police Officer Goes Viral With Emotional Video On Facebook

Like many mothers, Lydia Marquez had to explain to her son why she was leaving him to head to work one morning.

After taking a moment to collect her thoughts, the Miami police officer replied: "Because mommy cares."

The moment encouraged Marquez to share an emotional video on Facebook explaining to others her motivation of staying on the force despite many people's negative thoughts towards police officers.

Her video quickly went viral with more than 11 million views and over 450,000 shares in less than a week.

Marquez, who has been an officer for 20 years, spoke about the oath she took to protect others, much like Officer Gordon who made a rap song to speak about similar issues. While she admitted there are some "bad apples" wearing a police badge, Marquez wanted to focus on the ones who risk their lives every day to help others regardless of their skin tone.

"We're putting our lives out on the line here because we're going to you cause you need us, not knowing exactly what we're going in to and people don't understand that," she said. "We don't ask that dispatcher, 'hold on, wait, is this a black person who's calling, is this a white person who's calling?' That doesn't matter because we don't care, we don't care at all. It's not about color; it's not about any of that; it's about the fact that all lives matter."

Watch the clip below and please SHARE if you think others need to hear Officer Marquez's thoughts.