- Donald Trump has compared police officers who use excessive force to golfers who “suffocate” on important shots.
- Speaking to Fox News host Laura Ingram on Monday night, he said: “They suffocate. In a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot stretch.”
- Trump was speaking in the back of the Kenosha police, an unarmed black man named Jacob Black, seven times in the back.
- Trump is visiting Kenosha on Tuesday afternoon despite local officials telling him not to do so.
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President Donald Trump compared police officers who used excessive force to golfers who “suffocated” on the road
Trump compared this to Fox News the night before he visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
In an interview with Fox host Laura Ingram on Monday night, he said of police officers: “They suffocate. Like a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot stretch.”
Ingram then said to each other: “You don’t compare it to golf. Of course the media says that’s it.”
You can watch the exchange here:
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Trump continued: “I say people suffocate. People suffocate. And people are bad people. You have both. You have some bad people, and they suffocate.”
“You can be a police officer for 15 years and all of a sudden you have to face it. You’ve got a quarter of a time to make a decision. If you don’t make a decision – and you’re wrong. You’re dead. People are suffocating in those circumstances and they Makes a bad decision. “
At the beginning of the interview, Trump described a process by which an officer would shoot someone.
“They can do 10,000 great deeds, which they do, and a bad apple – or bran,” he said. “You know. They’re suffocating.”
Jacob Blake’s father speaks during a press conference on August 25, 2020 in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA.
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Wisconsin Justice Department investigators say Blake had a knife in his car, and opened the door when he was shot. They also said a previous attempt to stop Blake with a teaser did not work.
His family attorney said Blake was paralyzed from his wounds.
Trump said: “Shooting a person, often shooting in the back, I mean you couldn’t do something different? You can’t wrestle him?”
A witness who videotaped the moment police shot Blake said he had seen police wrestling, punch and taser before shooting Blake.
On August 29, 2020, protesters marched with Jacob Blake’s family during a rally against racism and police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha on Tuesday in the wake of protests and widespread damage by police blacks.
Trump told reporters Monday that he would not meet with Blake’s family during his visit.
It is to deal with law enforcement and damage property caused by unrest after Blake’s shooting.
A protester is confronted by police in riot gear outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on August 24, 2020, at the 24th, 2020 in Kenosha, Scotland.
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Wisconsin Govt. Tony Evers urged Trump to “reconsider” his visit to Kenosha, saying he was concerned that Trump’s “presence would only hinder our treatment.”
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramin said he would choose if Trump did not visit.
