Trump tells law enforcement: 'Don't be too nice' with suspects (2017)
The interesting thing is that the cops who killed Floyd were just doing what Trump encouraged them to do.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/29/trump-tells-law-enforcement-dont-too-nice-suspects/522220001/
Trump vowed the administration would continue to go after the gang and he appeared to encourage law enforcement to be more violent in handling suspects.
When you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, and I said, Please dont be too nice, Trump told the audience of law enforcement officers at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, N.Y.
Like when you guys put somebody in the car and youre protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, dont hit their head and theyve just killed somebody, dont hit their head, I said, You can take the hand away, OK?
Advocates who work with immigrants and who promote human rights said the comments advocated divisiveness and hate.