Milwaukee Sheriff and frequent Fox News contributor David Clarke said Monday that the Democratic National Convention was “embracing criminality” by inviting the mothers of unarmed black men fatally shot by police to speak onstage.
“Donald Trump is the law and order candidate, and this DNC seems to be about embracing criminality and criminal behavior, trying to mainstream criminal behavior, hold these individuals up as if they’re martyrs of the civil rights movement,” Clarke told Fox’s Megyn Kelly.
Seven mothers whose children were killed by law enforcement will take the stage on Tuesday, including those of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and Michael Brown.
Clarke, who has called Black Lives Matter a “hateful ideology,” earned applause during his speech at last week’s Republican National Convention for insisting “Blue lives matter.”
The sheriff blamed several of the most high-profile victims of police killings, including Brown, Garner, and Freddie Gray, of resisting arrest and threatening officers. He blamed absent fathers for the fatal shootings of unarmed black men.
“Where are the dads?” Clarke said. “When there are no fathers around to shape the behavior of young boys growing up, they grow up to be unmanageable misfits that the police then have to deal with aggressively.”
Uh-huh. How about taking a teeny, tiny bit of responsibility yourself, buddy? Shooting someone in the back for a phantom “broken taillight” aka DWB? That’s just necessary police “aggression?” DOJ Civil Rights Division, you might want to take a look at Milwaukee.
All people are asking for is accountability. They want police who act badly treated appropriately. This ninny (and dependable Fox contributor) is saying No, cops should all be above the law. Eff him.
So now it is a crime to be shot by police. Ok, got it.
Of course blue lives matter. And their lives will be safer as soon as they recognize that black lives matter also.
Ah, yes. America’s four-star sheriff. We all know what HE embraced by speaking at the RNC.