During his town hall meeting in Iowa, Christie was asked about the current relations between law enforcement and the public. “I informed Mr. Johnson of this, told him that I was outraged by it, and that I had immediately ordered a stop to it. I am working to engage a Special Assistant Attorney General to conduct a complete HR investigation and audit to get to the bottom of this deeply troubling situation”.
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Christie said he believes “all lives matter” and voiced displeasure at what he believes to be a legitimization of the violent element inside the Black Lives Matter movement, the Examiner reported.
“It is improper, and potentially unlawful, for the Oregon Department of Justice to conduct surveillance and investigations on an Oregonian merely for expressing a viewpoint, or for being a part of a social movement”, the letter from Urban League of Portland reads. I also shared the information I had received with the member of my team who was the subject of the profiling. The incident comes as the attorney general is due to report the findings of a statewide task force she is leading on police profiling in OR to the legislature on December 1.
“The progressive donor world should be adding zeroes to their contributions that support this transformative movement”, he said, while acknowledging that “tactics such as shutting down freeways and disrupting rallies can alienate major donors, and if that’s your primary source of support, then you’re at risk of being blocked from doing what you need to do”.
He’s also stressed being a Republican from a blue state in his quest to set himself up as the toughest challenger to Clinton.
But it’s unclear whether those approaches along with a boost from an emotional speech he gave on drug overdoses that went viral will be enough to increase support for Christie in New Hampshire.
“Is he getting a second look at voters?”
Christie put a focus on supporting police during the fourth GOP debate Tuesday, when he joined other candidates in the undercard event blasting Democrats in Congress. “They’re not standing behind our police officers in this country”.
Black Lives Matter activists and other protesters have previously been targeted by law enforcement surveillance, both online and during high-profile protests.
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“I’m looking forward to seeing what Christie does after his political career ends, which will be soon”, McKesson said.
