that would increase funding for community policing programs by $300 million as long as local departments agree to conditions such as adopting new use-of-force standards and increasing diversity among their ranks.In recent months, Trump has increasingly used official White House events, along with campaign rallies, to vilify protesters as violent and to fan fears along racial lines.
“Trump has been inciting violence for years and with deadly effects,” said author Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who studies authoritarian regimes. She pointed to “Now he’s trained his aim on Black Lives Matter protesters and antifa,” said Ben-Ghiat, referring to a loosely connected set of left-wing, anti-fascist groups. “So what is happening now with an escalation of violence is something beneficial to Trump. Strongmen leaders incite crises so they can pose themselves as the law-and-order solution.”the focus of the election, is facing pressure from some Democrats to speak more forcefully on racial justice issues.
“It’s important for government leaders at all levels to calm everyone and keep political rallies peaceful,” said Tom Warrick, an Atlantic Council expert who left government service last year after serving as a career official at the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department.“The problem is that things can quickly get out of control and the uncertainty and chaos become weapons in the fight,” Warrick said.
SANE .. articulate .. honest .. sincere .. ethical .. brave .. outspoken .. a man with a good heart and a social conscience WHO is committed to restoring peace and harmony to his community .. I applaud Ted Wheeler for calling Trump OUT and telling him 'like it IS'!!👌👍👏👏👏👏👏
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They are thugs. That's it. They aren't patriots. They're thugs.
Where’s your seat belt, young man?
Trump's a draft Dodger that used a foreign adversary to get himself elected. How does that equate to being a patriot?
“Patriots” I think we all know they are traitorous cowards blindly following a cult leader
There's nothing great about Americans killing Americans, unless your goal is to destroy America.
Rioters
Militias made this country, that's why we are free and every true American patriot will fight to the death for it, what are you willing to sacrifice?
Just like that, Putin barely had to do a thing this time, and the country’s citizens destroyed themselves.
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THEY ARE NOT PATRIOTS! THEY ARE COWARDS & I AM WILLING TO BET MOST OF THEM NEVER EVEN SERVED AMERICA!!! BESIDES HOW CAN A DRAFT DODGER KNOW WHO IS & WHO IS NOT A PATRIOT?!!!!
These people are real Americans . I’d like to see them drive Antifa into the sea .
you cant have clashes with 'protestors'
Wasn't it a trump supporter that was killed last night?
THIS IS Outrageous! What Country are we living in when a sitting President praises vigilantes and encourages armed militia to take to the streets against fellow Americans exercising their first amendment right to protest. This is NotOurAmerica
He is one sick man!!!
That a misrepresentation of Trump.
'As a former Division Commander in combat, I’m wondering how long I would have lasted if a subordinate unit was being attacked, and I stoked the enemy’s action while also publicly slandering the subordinate commander.' ~MarkHertling
Trump want a civil war in the US to assure his grasp of power.
Trump is encouraging activity that could lead to civil war, the country is already deeply divided.
Silence of so-called evangelical leaders regarding Trump belies the moral corruption at the evangelical core
There goes communist WaPo again, trying to be funny, calling the rioters 'protesters '. Nice attempt at humor.
This is just absolutely unacceptable behavior and completely insane. The United States is moving further into a new phase of Trump's traitor status, and that is his actions are moving us toward a Civil War and eventual separation of the States.
hmmm
A liberal shot and killed a Trump supporter. The liberals celebrated and even danced about it. The media has been praising them for quite along time. The street belongs to all Americans and not liberals. If the liberals can be there for months, then Trump supporters should have
Division: Short-term gain. Unity: Best game plan.
Replace BLM with Jews, antifa for communists, relations with China for the treaty of Versailles and red maga hats for Brown Shirts and you’re living Germany in the early 30s.
The WP can’t stand it when Republicans stand up for ourselves. Only democrats/liberals/progressives (all 1 in the same) are allowed to speak, protest. So don’t mind me if I call BULL💩
Trump's now just an American Lukashenko. Putin's got us right where he wants us -- thanks to his pet 🇷🇺GOP🇷🇺