Waiting for the trump statement to be released declaring the Minneapolis cops who murdered George Floyd to be good people…
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Mr. Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer’s knee, in an episode that was recorded on video by a bystander, inciting condemnation and protests.
What We Know About the Death of George Floyd, New York Times, May 27, 2020
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President Donald Trump seemed to encourage police to be more violent in handling potential offenders during a speech to law enforcement officers today.
“Please don’t be too nice,” he said to the audience in Long Island, New York.
Trump to police: ‘Please don’t be too nice’ to suspects, ABC News, July 28, 2017
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This is the depths to which Trump’s America has sunk.
I think back to how naïve I was when President Obama was first elected, assuming we had turned a corner toward righteousness…