SAN ANTONIO — From city streets, to sports fields, images of protest have become all too familiar.

Austin-based Texas Municipal Police Association says some stories about police injustice are false and may cause more harm and distrust between law enforcement and communities.

“You have to make sure you have the facts, that’s why we ask for patience. And once the facts are in. If the officer did wrong, we'll prosecute them,” said deputy executive director of operations Mitch Slaymaker with Texas Municipal Police Association.

Slaymaker worries about what he sees as a growing anti-police narrative on TV and social media.

“There’s a reason we’re having a manpower shortage. There’s a reason there’s a 38 percent spike in officers killed. There’s a reason over 17 officers killed in ambush killings last year alone,” says Slaymaker.

“As far as trying to entice violence with police, that is not the goal,” said San Antonio resident Lyndsy Gholson.

Gholson with SATX4 — a grassroots movement that strives to expose racial and social injustices — believes protests bring awareness.

“The first amendment right is we have the right to protest when we want to, whenever we want to, where we want to. So, I feel like we are able to practice that right anytime that we want. Even if we form our own narrative in our minds,” said Gholson.

For Gholson, it's about calling for the truth.

“Even if their facts are not all the way out at that time, we want answers,” said Gholson.

For Slaymaker, it's a narrative that's putting officers at risk.

“Can you please do something to stop the ambush killings? Can you please do something to change the people we swore an oath to… hating us,” said Playmaker.

The police group plans to visit other Texas cities to spread their message.