"Why are you advocating police brutality to a room full of cops? And why are they cheering brutality? (Photo: NBC News/Twitter Screenshot)
Jul 28, 2017
In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be "rough" with those they detain--a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police brutality.
"Don't be too nice," Trump said after referencing "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon."
Watch:
\u201cTrump on handling suspected criminals: "Don't be too nice" to "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon" https://t.co/rZyICcW4Yr\u201d— NBC News (@NBC News) 1501267865
"President Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality," wroteDaily Beast reporter Asawin Suebsaeng. "America is once again a nation of laws, says Trump, who just told cops to beat the shit out of people they arrest."
Others shared Suebsaeng's reaction and denounced the president's comments as "utterly revolting."
\u201cWTF, Trump?\nWhy are you advocating police brutality to a room full of cops?\nAnd why are they cheering brutality?\nChrist.\n#FridayFeeling\u201d— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly) 1501266987
\u201cPresident Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality.\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1501266852
\u201cA week of legislative, messaging, & govern-by-tweet failures ends with a violent campfire tale of a speech advocating for police brutality.\u201d— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivia Nuzzi) 1501267465
\u201cThe President of the United States is openly encouraging police brutality. Every time I think he can't go lower, he does. https://t.co/ESilAIRwwW\u201d— Calvin (@Calvin) 1501266938
The speech was intended to focus on the gang MS-13, which critics argue the Trump administration is using as a pretext to expand its mass detention and deportation agenda.
New York Civil Liberties Union executive director Donna Lieberman said in a statement ahead of the Long Island speech that Trump's repeated invocation of MS-13 in the context of a broader conversation about the U.S. immigration system is "a cynical ploy to capitalize on recent headlines, cast aspersions on entire communities, and push his anti-immigrant agenda."
"Trump's vile rhetoric and cruel deportation machine mean that vulnerable immigrants must fear both gangs and the government at once," Lieberman concluded.
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In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be "rough" with those they detain--a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police brutality.
"Don't be too nice," Trump said after referencing "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon."
Watch:
\u201cTrump on handling suspected criminals: "Don't be too nice" to "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon" https://t.co/rZyICcW4Yr\u201d— NBC News (@NBC News) 1501267865
"President Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality," wroteDaily Beast reporter Asawin Suebsaeng. "America is once again a nation of laws, says Trump, who just told cops to beat the shit out of people they arrest."
Others shared Suebsaeng's reaction and denounced the president's comments as "utterly revolting."
\u201cWTF, Trump?\nWhy are you advocating police brutality to a room full of cops?\nAnd why are they cheering brutality?\nChrist.\n#FridayFeeling\u201d— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly) 1501266987
\u201cPresident Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality.\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1501266852
\u201cA week of legislative, messaging, & govern-by-tweet failures ends with a violent campfire tale of a speech advocating for police brutality.\u201d— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivia Nuzzi) 1501267465
\u201cThe President of the United States is openly encouraging police brutality. Every time I think he can't go lower, he does. https://t.co/ESilAIRwwW\u201d— Calvin (@Calvin) 1501266938
The speech was intended to focus on the gang MS-13, which critics argue the Trump administration is using as a pretext to expand its mass detention and deportation agenda.
New York Civil Liberties Union executive director Donna Lieberman said in a statement ahead of the Long Island speech that Trump's repeated invocation of MS-13 in the context of a broader conversation about the U.S. immigration system is "a cynical ploy to capitalize on recent headlines, cast aspersions on entire communities, and push his anti-immigrant agenda."
"Trump's vile rhetoric and cruel deportation machine mean that vulnerable immigrants must fear both gangs and the government at once," Lieberman concluded.
In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be "rough" with those they detain--a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police brutality.
"Don't be too nice," Trump said after referencing "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon."
Watch:
\u201cTrump on handling suspected criminals: "Don't be too nice" to "thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon" https://t.co/rZyICcW4Yr\u201d— NBC News (@NBC News) 1501267865
"President Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality," wroteDaily Beast reporter Asawin Suebsaeng. "America is once again a nation of laws, says Trump, who just told cops to beat the shit out of people they arrest."
Others shared Suebsaeng's reaction and denounced the president's comments as "utterly revolting."
\u201cWTF, Trump?\nWhy are you advocating police brutality to a room full of cops?\nAnd why are they cheering brutality?\nChrist.\n#FridayFeeling\u201d— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly) 1501266987
\u201cPresident Trump is openly and explicitly calling for, to wild applause just moments ago, cops to commit more police brutality.\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1501266852
\u201cA week of legislative, messaging, & govern-by-tweet failures ends with a violent campfire tale of a speech advocating for police brutality.\u201d— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivia Nuzzi) 1501267465
\u201cThe President of the United States is openly encouraging police brutality. Every time I think he can't go lower, he does. https://t.co/ESilAIRwwW\u201d— Calvin (@Calvin) 1501266938
The speech was intended to focus on the gang MS-13, which critics argue the Trump administration is using as a pretext to expand its mass detention and deportation agenda.
New York Civil Liberties Union executive director Donna Lieberman said in a statement ahead of the Long Island speech that Trump's repeated invocation of MS-13 in the context of a broader conversation about the U.S. immigration system is "a cynical ploy to capitalize on recent headlines, cast aspersions on entire communities, and push his anti-immigrant agenda."
"Trump's vile rhetoric and cruel deportation machine mean that vulnerable immigrants must fear both gangs and the government at once," Lieberman concluded.
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