Police Dept. Cheering Trumps Call for Excessive Force Already Under Federal Oversight

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/the-police-department-cheering-on-trumps-call-for-excessive-force-is-already-under-federal-oversight-for-discrimination/

The feds investigated the department for racial profiling of Latinos.
BRANDON ELLINGTON PATTERSONJUL. 28, 2017 8:36 PM

President Donald Trump gave a speech at a Long Island community college on Friday during which he encouraged the use of violence. Turns out the audience was comprised of officers in a police department that has been scrutinized for racial profiling, and whose former chief was recently sentenced to prison for beating a man.

The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) has been under federal oversight by the US Department of Justice since 2013, following a two-year investigation into allegations of discrimination against Latinos and immigrants. Nearly 20 percent of the county’s 1.5 million residents are Latino.

During his speech, Trump encouraged officers not to be “too nice” to suspects or take measures to protect them from harm. The speech was supposed to address federal efforts to combat MS-13, the violent street gang with ties to Central America.

After the speech, the SCPD posted on Twitter that it does “not tolerate roughing up of prisoners.”

But officers in the audience responded to Trump’s remarks with applause.

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1. No wonder they immediately tweeted out this response:

Link to tweet

[oasis]

3. Don't be surprised if Trump's name is listed among the defendants

in future police brutality lawsuits.

[Initech]

2. Holy shit. I mean... yeah... holy shit.

[underpants]

4. Stay classy Long Island

[msongs]

5. would be nice to have a graphic identifying these ppl by name so we can celebrate their

honesty

[msongs]

6. and why r they wearing white gloves, to not leave clues at the scene? nt

[haveahart]

7. These police need to be called out ID and removed from whatever police force they are on.

I hope there are snap shots of the ones cheering and applauding for police brutality encouragement. The communities need to deal with this immediately. Trump's words are actually endangering police lives as well as the lives of innocent citizens.