THE HILL: Trump: Police wrongdoing needs to be ‘vigorously addressed.’
Donald Trump called for wrongdoing on the part of police officers to be “vigorously addressed” following this week’s shootings of unarmed black men in North Carolina and Oklahoma.
“The problem is not that there are too many police. The problem is that there are not enough police,” Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania Thursday.
“We must do everything to ensure they’re properly trained and they respect all members of the public and that any wrongdoing is always vigorously addressed.”
In Charlotte, N.C., the death of Keith Lamont Scott and the refusal of the city’s police department to release a video of the incident has sparked two nights of violent protests.
As of Thursday morning, nine people have been injured and 44 arrested during the riots, Reuters reports.
And in Tulsa, Okla., the officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher was charged with first-degree manslaughter Thursday.
Trump said communities should work with and not against their police departments.
“The main victims of these violent demonstrations are law abiding African-Americans who live in these communities and only want to raise their children in safety and peace and with a good education,” Trump said.
Well, that’s certainly true.