The top Republican in the Kansas Senate says President Barack Obama has “stoked the flames of anger and hostility” toward law enforcement officers.
Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, made her comments as Kansas officials expressed sadness over the shooting death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain.
Wagle cited Obama’s public comments about shootings by police in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which were followed by deadly attacks on officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
Wagle said the Democratic president has painted law enforcement officers as “people of bias.”
She also said officers and their communities need to build stronger relationships so that people being protected by the police trust them.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback told a meeting of top lawmakers Wednesday that the Kansas, shooting was “a terrible tragedy.”
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
how did you ever find time in your busy schedule of bankrupting your state to take the microphone for this phony rant?
hey. i’m an old white guy. i support the police. i do not support killing young black men for no fucking reason!