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“Sometimes if you’re alone and you’re fighting somebody, it’s tough. We have some real bad people. You saw that in the last couple of weeks. I think the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent, so perfect, and then you realize if it’s a 1-on-1. Now if it’s 2-on-1 that’s a little bit of a different story. Depending on the toughness and strength. You know, we’re talking about the toughness and strength. There’s a physical thing here also.
“But if a police officer is in a bad scuffle and he’s got somebody and that does happen, so you have to be careful. With that being said it would be I think a very good thing that – generally speaking – it should be ended. I want to see really compassionate but strong law enforcement, police force, but law enforcement, and I don’t want to see mistakes.” – Donald Trump, in a just-aired segment of his interview with Fox & Friends host Harris Faulkner.
Trump on police chokeholds: “I think the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent and so perfect.” pic.twitter.com/3NbyFwX26R
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 12, 2020
Pres Trump on what changes he wants to see in policing: “I want to see really compassionate but strong law enforcement, police force, but law enforcement, and I don’t want to see mistakes.”
He adds that chokeholds “should be ended” but that a serious fight they made be needed.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 12, 2020
“You had protesters for different reasons & then you had protesting also because, you know, they just didn’t know… a lot of them really were there b/c they were following the crowd” — Trump suggests many George Floyd protesters weren’t even aware of what they were protesting pic.twitter.com/KnbTJy2U8m
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 12, 2020
Asked about chokeholds, Trump says “I don’t like chokeholds,” but sometimes you get somebody who’s “a real bad person,” very “tough,” and you’re fighting them, “what are you gonna do now – let go?”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 12, 2020