I heard the president say it in front of tv cameras:
Americans believe we must support the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep us safe.
Keep us safe? Keep us white people safe?
The police sure don't keep African-American men safe.
The president said this on Tuesday, June 16, four days after Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed on Friday, June 12.
Four days after the officer who shot Rayshard then kicked him in the side as he lay on the ground bleeding to death. The officer talked to him and made him take tests for 20 minutes before suddenly attempting to snap handcuffs on him--without saying "You are now under arrest for...."
The president said the police "keep us safe" as he signed a "Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities." And he signed it safely. So you all are safe, right?
Except if you have darker skin.
The president never said the name George Floyd or the name Rayshard Brooks.
He recited the names of nine other African-Americans killed by the police (except in the case of Ahmaud Arbery).
He mentioned that 89 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019.
He did not say that black lives matter.
Some of us will survive the Trump presidency--we must work hard to make sure he is beaten in the election on November 3, 2020.
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