2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump: Once I知 president, police officers will no longer be shot on the job
Donald Trump said that once he becomes president, police officers will no longer be shot on the job. "We're going to make our country safe again, and we're going to make our country great again," Trump said during a rally in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday night. "And we're going to have law and order, and we're going to respect our police, because you have to respect our police. We're not going to shoot our police. We're not shooting our police. It's never been so dangerous to be a policeman or woman. It's never been so dangerous."
Trump referenced the recent murders of on-duty police officers in Dallas and Louisiana, then promised the crowd: "It's going to stop, okay? It's going to stop. We're going to be law and order. It's going to stop."
Last year 123 police officers were killed in the line of duty, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Recent years have seen far fewer deaths than in the 1970s, when more than 200 officers were killed several years in a row. In the first six months of this year, 20 officers were fatally shot in the line of duty, compared with 16 in the first six months of 2015, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has reported seeing the same dramatic increase.
Trump acknowledged that some police officers might also need to make some changes. An ongoing two-year study by The Washington Post found that the number of fatal shootings by officers increased from 465 in the first six months of last year to 491 for the same period this year.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/03/trump-once-im-president-police-officers-will-no-longer-be-shot-on-the-job/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)It's amazing his supporters actually believe a president can just do whateverthefuck they want. Of course, since they've been brainwashed into believing President Obama has done all sorts of despotic things, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
No wonder Rs are working so hard to dismantle public education. Can't have their base getting too smart.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Of course he will never get to be President, and no one believes him anyway.
unblock
(52,285 posts)just going on his previous experience.
or maybe he'll declare bankruptcy, that seems to be a favorite solution to his problems.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Unless he is going to declare war on black people. His base wants that.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Decided to expose your bias?
underpants
(182,861 posts)So we're not going to shoot our police but we're not shooting our police in the next breath?
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)anoNY42
(670 posts)Trump is coming for their guns!
Hekate
(90,768 posts)missingthebigdog
(1,233 posts)Banning firearms, and seizing the ones in existence, would be the only way to keep this promise.
Wonder how the NRA feels about this?? Lol
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)(Or, so let it be uttered using the vocabulary of a 4th grader), so let it be done