Trump: Cops Should be Rougher With Suspects

When Trump speaks, the script is pretty horrifying on its own, but it’s when he goes off-script that the really insane stuff comes down the pipeline:

Trump just called for cops to rough up suspects more in front of a crowd of cops, they cheered pic.twitter.com/f2BMSX56hw

— Colin Jones (@colinjones) July 28, 2017

At a time when police brutality and police violence is under the glare of the national spotlight, and a a time when cops who essentially murder their victims are regularly acquitted, it’s hard to imagine a more irresponsible sound byte coming from the mouth of our president.