dagblog - Comments for "Trump Unshackled Minneapolis Police from Obama " http://dagblog.com/link/trump-unshackled-minneapolis-police-obama-31434 Comments for "Trump Unshackled Minneapolis Police from Obama " en All four officers involved in http://dagblog.com/comment/282485#comment-282485 <a id="comment-282485"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/trump-unshackled-minneapolis-police-obama-31434">Trump Unshackled Minneapolis Police from Obama </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were “complicit," including the three who haven't been arrested, says Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, responding to a question asked by <a href="https://twitter.com/sarasidnerCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sarasidnerCNN</a> on behalf of Floyd’s brother. <a href="https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2">https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2</a> <a href="https://t.co/yalvaWfpDV">pic.twitter.com/yalvaWfpDV</a></p> — CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1267272150903222272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Asked about firing the officers so quickly, Minneapolis police chief tells <a href="https://twitter.com/sarasidnerCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sarasidnerCNN</a>, "There are absolute truths in life. We need air to breathe. The killing of Mr. Floyd was an absolute truth, and it was wrong. I did not need days, or weeks, or months." <a href="https://t.co/10i2PzT7fS">pic.twitter.com/10i2PzT7fS</a></p> — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1267258678643773445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:22:18 +0000 artappraiser comment 282485 at http://dagblog.com Trump has deferred to the http://dagblog.com/comment/282477#comment-282477 <a id="comment-282477"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/282474#comment-282474">Trump action, reaction:</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Trump has deferred to the Governors and the pandemic and the unrest.</p> <p>Any other President would have given a speech to calm things down.</p> <p>Trump is impotent.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 01:52:03 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 282477 at http://dagblog.com Trump action, reaction: http://dagblog.com/comment/282474#comment-282474 <a id="comment-282474"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/trump-unshackled-minneapolis-police-obama-31434">Trump Unshackled Minneapolis Police from Obama </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Trump action, reaction:</p> <p>1. Get rid of pandemic team on National Security Council. -  get a pandemic, 105,000+ dead, crashed economy.</p> <p>2. Have the backs of unshackled cops, remove federal agreements -  get killer cops and national outrage, chaos.</p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" height="340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAOwIKMsIMU/V9wK4FKqM3I/AAAAAAAAPGU/nLQeLxBckYgj0bXzIlD8UJSgFUhnGsTcwCLcB/s1600/Trump_Is_the_Danger.jpg" width="400" /></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 01:26:10 +0000 NCD comment 282474 at http://dagblog.com "Trump’s first attorney http://dagblog.com/comment/282472#comment-282472 <a id="comment-282472"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/trump-unshackled-minneapolis-police-obama-31434">Trump Unshackled Minneapolis Police from Obama </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"Trump’s first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/politics/trump-police-military-surplus-equipment.html">ended</a> the restriction on transferring military equipment to police, <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/04/sessions-moves-to-roll-back-obama-era-police-reforms.html">reviewed</a> all consent decrees struck by his predecessor, and then <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/politics/sessions-limits-consent-decrees.html">restricted</a> their use going forward. “It is not the responsibility of the federal government to manage non-federal law enforcement agencies,” he insisted."</p> <p class="rtecenter">President Donald Trump shaking hands with Minneapolis Police Union head Bob Kroll.</p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" height="267" src="https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/2a2/db4/d8796a7c9284ca4adc2c1d5e59c7aa7ed0-president-trump-bob-kroll.rhorizontal.w700.jpg" width="400" /></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 01:02:41 +0000 NCD comment 282472 at http://dagblog.com