Trump’s most enduring legacy may be to have generated support for police reform. His response to the protesters was so dismissive and his attempts to quash them so aggressive, he actually moved public opinion on policing in a way Watts, Rodney King, Ferguson, and other milestone events couldn’t. According to a Washington Post poll, after the Lafayette Park incident, support for the protests shot up to 74 percent, including 53 percent of Republicans, and 61 percent disapproved of how Trump handled the demonstrations. The percentage who said they believed police killings were indicative of more
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