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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“Trump... has a history of encouraging rough treatment of people in police custody.”
That is amazingly disingenuous. Yet, it’s not amazing at all. Shocking, but not surprising.
Good question!
The beating of Nichols is a black on black crime and a black controlled police force not a white issue the media is in bait mode to blame the white one way or another.
Sick comment, probably blown up from his encouraging people who have committed crimes to be in police custody at all. Things like illegally crossing our border.
Trump gets blamed for almost everything by the DNC-Media.
Got you. Finally can see just small letters about AP.
Thought it was weird to state “interview with AP”.
So now, does anyone question why Breitbart is using AP?
It is AP.
To which my question is now, why is Breitbart using AP?
Not that that is terrible, but I didn’t know they’d use what they consider MSM liberal enemy.
I hate to defend Trump on this one, but it’s a stretch to say he encouraged roughing suspects up. Saying don’t be too nice, and tongue in cheek say not to cover their heads putting into a police car is a far cry from calling for suspects to be beaten. He says enough stupid things without having to invent them.
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