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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:06 AM Nov 2018

No Blame? ABC finds 17 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection w- violence, threats or alleged assaults

'No Blame'? ABC News finds 17 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats or alleged assaults
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.....a nationwide review conducted by ABC News has identified at least 17 criminal cases where Trump's name was invoked in direct connection with violent acts, threats of violence or allegations of assault.

Nearly all -- 16 of 17 -- cases identified by ABC News are striking in that court documents and direct evidence reflect someone echoing presidential rhetoric, not protesting it. ABC News was unable to find any such case echoing presidential rhetoric when Barack Obama or George W. Bush were in the White House.

The perpetrators and suspects identified in the 17 cases are mostly white men, as young as teenagers and as old as 68, while the victims represent an array of minority groups -- African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and gay men.

Federal law enforcement authorities have privately told ABC News they worry that -- even with Trump's public denunciations of violence -- Trump's style could inspire violence-prone individuals to take action against minorities or others they perceive to be against the president's agenda.


Here are the cases identified by ABC News:
MORE:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889


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No Blame? ABC finds 17 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection w- violence, threats or alleged assaults (Original Post) kpete Nov 2018 OP
Of course he refuses to accept responsibility dalton99a Nov 2018 #1
Not that anyone predicted this during the presidential campaign or anything. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2018 #2
Just like Timmygoat Nov 2018 #3
The KGOP's Dirty Donny* is dangerous for America Achilleaze Nov 2018 #4

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
3. Just like
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:43 AM
Nov 2018

Hitler's Germany.
Oh wait, it is said Trump has a book of Hitler's speeches by his bedside.
He still has some of his native country's history in him.

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