Posted on 01/30/2023 11:42:36 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Trump says beating of Nichols ‘never should have happened’By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICEAssociated PressThe Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.”
“I thought it was terrible. He was in such trouble. He was just being pummeled. Now that should never have happened,” Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, a day after authorities released footage of the attack on the 29-year-old Black man after a traffic stop. Nichols died three days later.
The comments were notable for Trump, who is running for the White House again and has a history of encouraging rough treatment of people in police custody. He was president during the racial justice protests that emerged in the summer of 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. At the time, he signed an executive order encouraging better police practices but has been criticized by some for failing to acknowledge what they consider systemic racial bias in policing.
Trump ultimately centered his 2020 reelection bid around a “law and order” message that emphasized support for law enforcement.
The newly released violent video in Memphis shows police holding down and beating Nichols for three minutes with their fists, boots and batons. The footage shows police screaming profanities at him while Nichols screams for his mother. Trump said Nichols calling out for his mother was “a very sad moment.”
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“The comments were notable for Trump, who is running for the White House again and has a history of encouraging rough treatment of people in police custody”
Lame stream media are such idiots. There is a difference between someone who isn’t an immediate threat to anyone, and rioters and looters.
People should not have died alone in hospitals because you handed the country to fauci.
The man with a presidential record of tyranny speaks.
He so still spouting the safe and effective lie… curios why he is silent on his mail in ballots.
Robert Kennedy is more constitutional than djt.
Another Trumpee article.....
Life goes on Trump or no Trump
I’m afraid Trump is starting to sound like someone looking for 15 minutes.
Actually he’s looking for 4 more years.
Do try to keep up.
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Oh dear God. Seek help woman. The TDS is strong in you.
OK, but what should be done?
Memphis city council voted in a far less favorable benefits package for the police force and they wouldn’t hire outside of Memphis.
Seasoned officers left (there’s a place in Panama many of them moved to, kinda like a retired policemen’s village).
Then they hired Tyre’s (accused and indicted) killers because they had to lower standards.
But that’s the politicians Memphis voted for.
Trump is right but this one is an obvious call.
The Memphis cops were just doing what comes naturally to tens of thousands of black males around the country who administer gang beatdowns every single day.
Heard part of a story that this attack may have been personal. One of the cops’ wives involved?
So it took all weekend for them to blame Donald Trump for this.
Yes, but who wrote that?
This is a Breitbart piece.
Nobody blamed Trump.
Government militarizes police because the people (and their civil liberties) are viewed as the enemy. This is systemic and therefore not going to get better. Avoid police whenever possible.
The article is just sourced by Breitbart from AP-it was not authored by anyone at Breitbart...
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