Four days later, July 28, Trump provoked similar outrage from his critics when he addressed a gathering of law enforcement officers at Suffolk County Community College in New York. The president used stark language in describing the violent transnational gang MS-13 to effectively approve of police brutality in combating illegal immigration. He said when police throw “these thugs” into the backs of paddy wagons, “Please don’t be too nice. . . . “When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don’t hit their head, and they
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