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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 09:30 AM Jul 2016

Sheriff Who Spoke At RNC: DNC Speakers Are ‘Embracing Criminality’

Milwaukee Sheriff and frequent Fox News contributor David Clarke said Monday that the Democratic National Convention was “embracing criminality” by inviting the mothers of unarmed black men fatally shot by police to speak onstage.

"Donald Trump is the law and order candidate, and this DNC seems to be about embracing criminality and criminal behavior, trying to mainstream criminal behavior, hold these individuals up as if they're martyrs of the civil rights movement,” Clarke told Fox's Megyn Kelly.

Seven mothers whose children were killed by law enforcement will take the stage on Tuesday, including those of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and Michael Brown. Clarke, who has called Black Lives Matter a “hateful ideology,” earned applause during his speech at last week's Republican National Convention for insisting “Blue lives matter.”

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“Where are the dads?” Clarke said. “When there are no fathers around to shape the behavior of young boys growing up, they grow up to be unmanageable misfits that the police then have to deal with aggressively."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/david-clarke-dnc-speakers-embrace-criminality

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Sheriff Who Spoke At RNC: DNC Speakers Are ‘Embracing Criminality’ (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2016 OP
Greetings to the latest ambassador from Planet Stupid. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #1
Wow! Just wow! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2016 #2
Not even dogwhistles anymore. auntpurl Jul 2016 #4
Fuck this guy Blue_Adept Jul 2016 #3
Some of those missing dads are 6 feet under at the hands of police...in jail on trumped up charges lostnfound Jul 2016 #5
This is why "Vote blue, no matter who" is such misguided sentiment. Jake Stern Jul 2016 #6
I wasn't aware that David Duke had changed his name Zambero Jul 2016 #7
Like when Sheriff Clarke embraced Cliven Bundy's cause? muntrv Jul 2016 #8

lostnfound

(16,179 posts)
5. Some of those missing dads are 6 feet under at the hands of police...in jail on trumped up charges
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 09:42 AM
Jul 2016

What a dumbass. Eric Garner was reportedly a great dad. where is he now??

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