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Trump Calls for More Police in Wisconsin, Following Uprising

HeadlineAug 17, 2016

Donald Trump visited a Milwaukee suburb Tuesday, where he called for more police to patrol low-income communities. His visit comes only days after the uprising in Milwaukee sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old African American Sylville Smith. Trump’s approval rating among African Americans is between zero and 1 percent. This is Trump speaking in front of an overwhelmingly white audience in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Donald Trump: “The problem in our poorest communities is not that there are too many police. The problem is that there are not enough police. More law enforcement, more community engagement, more effective policing is what our country needs desperately. Just like Hillary Clinton is against the miners, she is against the police. Believe me.”

Trump also visited Milwaukee Tuesday, where he met briefly with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. Sheriff Clarke sparked controversy with his speech at the Republican National Convention last month when he celebrated the acquittal of a police officer charged in the case of Freddie Gray, who died from injuries sustained in police custody in Baltimore.

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