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Trump visits Milwaukee, to address unrest over police shooting
Reuters ^ | 16 Aug 2016 | Ginger Gibson

Posted on 08/16/2016 5:14:58 PM PDT by mandaladon

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, visited Milwaukee on Tuesday, days after the city was hit by unrest over the fatal police shooting of a black man, and said that initial evidence pointed to the shooting being justified.

Trump, who has been vocal in support of law enforcement during a spate of protests around the country over high-profile police shootings, told Fox News that he plans to address the unrest during a town hall meeting on Tuesday in the Wisconsin city.

"It's law and order. We have to obey the laws or we don't have a country," said Trump. "We have a case where good people are out there trying to get people to sort of calm down and they're not calming down and we have our police who are doing a phenomenal job."

Unrest broke out in the city on Saturday night after the death earlier in the day of Sylville Smith, 23. Authorities said Smith was stopped for acting suspiciously and then fled, and was shot by police because he was carrying an illegal handgun and refused orders to drop it.

"But the gun was pointed at his (a police officer's) head supposedly ready to be fired. Who can have a problem with that? That’s what the narrative is," Trump told Fox News. "Maybe it’s not true. If it is true, people shouldn’t be rioting.”

Trump held a roundtable discussion on Tuesday afternoon with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and Inspector Edward Bailey - but news media representatives were escorted out and not permitted to hear the discussions. Trump took a brief tour of the county's war memorial and posed for pictures with veterans.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blm; milwaukee; trump; wisconsin
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Let's see what the MSM has to say about this!
1 posted on 08/16/2016 5:14:58 PM PDT by mandaladon
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His presence in Milwaukee could prompt more demonstrations. Opponents of the New York real estate mogul frequently demonstrate inside and outside his campaign events. A rally in Chicago earlier this year was canceled after demonstrations grew violent. .........Wouldn't surprise me!
2 posted on 08/16/2016 5:17:58 PM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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"Racist Trump Denies Media Access to Secret Meeting with Racist Cops...Encourages Police To Kill More Blacks"
3 posted on 08/16/2016 5:18:04 PM PDT by digger48
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To: mandaladon

Notice how he goes into the front lines.

Hillary is napping at home.


4 posted on 08/16/2016 5:18:21 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

Hillary Clinton actually fanned the flames, essentially siding with the rioters and egging them on.


5 posted on 08/16/2016 5:19:10 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: mandaladon

It’s racist to expect black people to obey laws...../s

Just like it’s racist to stop muslims from freely exercising their religion by beheading people..../s


6 posted on 08/16/2016 5:19:26 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: mandaladon

“We have to obey the laws or we don’t have a country.”

What do you think Obama/Clinton is all about? No respect for laws. I hope Trump ties the two together. Then lib heads will truly explode.


7 posted on 08/16/2016 5:21:11 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (#GuiltyAsHELLary2016 #KimJungHill)
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To: mandaladon
Nobody is holding local officials responsible. Democrats have controlled Milwaukee since 1908. No, that's not a typo, yes 1908 - when Teddy Roosevelt was still President. In fact, Milwaukee has a proud history of socialism and elected three socialist Mayors during this time.

All of this begins and ends at the Mayor's footstep. But the leftist media will never talk about how Democrats have completely run cities into the ground by putting out pay-for-play regulations with companies who want to invest and accepting federal handouts for minorities who don't want to work and continue the cycle of poverty and violence.

8 posted on 08/16/2016 5:22:07 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: mandaladon

He moves to the sound of the guns. Now that’s courage!


9 posted on 08/16/2016 5:22:51 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: mandaladon

Being Presidential while the lazy muzzie ****** plays golf


10 posted on 08/16/2016 5:23:27 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true ... and it pisses people off)
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“Let's see what the MSM has to say about this!”
Not much, just like his foreign policy speech.
11 posted on 08/16/2016 5:24:59 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: mandaladon

They don’t like to let him go where “their people” might hear him and be confused in their minds.


12 posted on 08/16/2016 5:28:46 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: knarf
i can read ****s and agree 10^10%
13 posted on 08/16/2016 5:29:25 PM PDT by tomkat (you can support America OR you can support Hitlary)
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To: mandaladon

Deeper in the article, it’s pure Reuters...

“Police violence against African-Americans has set off intermittent, sometimes violent protests in the past two years, igniting a national debate over race and policing in the United States and giving rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.”


14 posted on 08/16/2016 5:29:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: mandaladon

For the longest time, the GOP has ceded the big cities to the Dems. Trump needs to visit the big cities to win.


15 posted on 08/16/2016 5:35:59 PM PDT by eekitsagreek
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Actually Soros gave rise to the BLM, according to his hacked emails


16 posted on 08/16/2016 5:36:04 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Col Frank Slade

I get what you are saying but I wouldn’t consider Milwaukee “Front Lines”. Detroit would be “Front Lines”, maybe. Milwaukee is actually a nice city. I was there We’d and Thurs of last week. I highly doubt trump is standing in the middle of the street in the area that the shootings took place. No-one in their right mind would do that unless you are selling drugs, buying drugs, going to beat up someone selling or buying drugs to steal their money for drugs.... /s


17 posted on 08/16/2016 5:37:30 PM PDT by Snark
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To: Snark

Maybe not but the impression it give is he is engaged and shows up.


18 posted on 08/16/2016 5:40:56 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: mandaladon

Double down...hopefully he sees this as an opportunity to push Wisconsin into the Trump column.


19 posted on 08/16/2016 5:45:42 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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#### the black vote. I’ve been saying since the beginning we’re gonna get our usual 4 to 8 percent.

His message resonates with a lot of people and I’m glad he’s not chasing too hard after votes he wont get.

He certainly doesn’t shy away from controversy and there are a LOT of law enforcement folk in the country to get votes from.


20 posted on 08/16/2016 5:49:27 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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