“If I hear anybody saying their vote does not matter, that it doesn’t matter who we elect – read up on your history. I don’t think he’s going to win, but even him running is a great embarrassment if you’re an American”. By proposing the expansion of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” program as a way to improve urban policing – and by engaging in a public re-litigation of the baseless “birther” controversy that critics labeled racist – Trump spent much of the last week doing damage control with the same voters he’d hoped to attract. “We did it in NY, it worked incredibly well, and you have to be proactive”.
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It grew out of the tough policies of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now a vocal Trump supporter and trusted adviser, under the theory that aggressive enforcement of even minor laws would lead to a reduction of violent crime.
When asked what advice he would give Hillary Clinton ahead of Monday’s debate with Trump, Obama said she should be herself and explain what motivates her. As leaders, it is responsibility to promote calm, peace and dialogue.
In an interview on “Fox and Friends” on Thursday morning, Trump said that he was “really referring to Chicago with stop-and-frisk”, drawing questions about how widespread he believes the policy should be in practice. Campaigning in Orlando, she pledged to provide more job opportunities to people with disabilities and get rid of the sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities.
“It just seems that there’s a lack of spirit between the white and the black”.
“I would do stop-and-frisk”. It has been found to be ineffective and counterproductive in reducing street crime.
It has also been well documented that crime levels were not lowered with the introduction of stop and frisk. A study has shown that stop-and-frisk, in fact, has negative psychological effects on the subject of the practice.
Trump, who’s never demonstrated any real understanding of criminal-justice policy, apparently likes the idea of police being able to stop-and-frisk Americans – including those who’ve done nothing wrong and have been accused of no crimes – effectively at the discretion of individual officers.
Mike Gaudiuso, called stop-and-frisk “a double-edged sword”.
Trump vowed “to stop the drugs from flowing into our county and poisoning our youth and many other people”.
At the same time, Mr Trump recently reached out to African- American voters as the gap in many opinion polls has narrowed between him and his Democratic rival, Mrs Hillary Clinton, ahead of the Nov 8 presidential election.
Obama also said Trump, who has been making increasingly vocal appeals for black support before rallies that are mostly white, could benefit from a visit to the new museum.
After his comments on the Charlotte protests, Trump devoted his Pittsburgh speech to energy policy. First, his promise to support the Republican nominee. But the latest incidents of police shootings allow Mr. Trump to trudge on with his historically baseless claim that the blacks have the worst time “ever, ever, ever”.
The Republican presidential contender, eager to blunt criticism that his campaign inspires racism, confronted racial tensions after police shootings of black men in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
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In the race to the White House, the candidates are taking different approaches in the final days leading up to the first debate. He praised police for risking their lives, although he did acknowledge that they could make mistakes.
