Analyzing the 2016 V.P. Debate Between Kaine and Pence
You know, my uncle was a cop a career cop on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up. When we’d go up to visit my dad’s family in Chicago, my three brothers and I would marvel at my uncle when he would come out in his uniform, sidearm at his side. Police officers are the best of us, and men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day. And let me say it at the risk of agreeing with you, I think community policing is a great idea. It’s worked in the Hoosier State, and we fully support that. Donald Trump and I are going to make sure that law enforcement have the resources and the tools to be able to really restore law and order, and to the cities and communities of this nation — it’s probably why the 330,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States of America, because they see his commitment to them. They see his commitment to law and order. But they also they also hear the bad-mouthing, the bad-mouthing that comes from people that seize upon tragedy in the wake of police-action shootings as a reason to use a broad brush to accuse law enforcement of implicit bias or institutional racism, and that really has got to stop.
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