Detroit Police Chief James Craig joined “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday to discuss why the city has been spared the violent protests taking place in other urban centers in the United States.
“We don’t retire here in Detroit. We just won’t,” Craig said to host Tucker Carlson. “You saw the images … of streets where there was lawlessness, looting, fires. There were no signs of police officers. We were not giving ground to the radicals. We just did not.”
While Detroit has avoided major riots, Portland has been plagued by nightly protests and riots for more than two months by rejecting President Trump’s offers of federal assistance.
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In apparent contrast to Portland, Craig told Carlson that Detroit citizens are “fed up with these radical protests.”
“I am not going to talk about these peaceful protests … [I mean] these mistaken radicals who have tried to incite violence in our city, “said the chief.” They said, ‘We are not going to bear it.’ And then we have a couple of things. We have a great police department, great leadership, but we have a community that supports us and says, “Enough is enough.”
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Earlier this month, protests rocked the city after 20-year-old Hakeem Littleton was killed in a shooting involving an officer. However, authorities released a video showing Littleton opened fire on officers who were making an arrest before he was shot and killed.
At the time, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan praised Craig for releasing the video shortly after Littleton’s death.
“So when you talk about what’s different here, we have a city that has stuck together and, by the way, I know there is a lot of conversation about mayors in some of these big cities,” Craig said. “Our mayor is with this police chief, he is with this police department [and] We will not tolerate this increase in violence. That’s the key. “
