Informed by moderator Lester Holt that stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York state for unfairly targeting black and Latino men during Monday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump offered a spirited defense of the policing practice while also reminding the audience that Hillary Clinton once referred to young black men in gangs as “super-predators.”
“I do want to bring up the fact that you were the one that brought up super predator about young black youth,” Trump said. “And that’s a term that I think was—it’s been horribly met as you know. I think you’ve apologized for it. I think it was a terrible thing to say.”
His remark was sandwiched between comments on keeping people on the no-fly list from having guns and on “taking guns away” from people on the street by using stop-and-frisk.
Clinton said earlier this year that she “shouldn’t have used those words” and “wouldn’t use them today.”