Prominent African-American civil rights leader Reverand. Al Sharpton has slammed President Donald Trump’s recent remarks in New York encouraging police officers to be “rough” with suspects, accusing him of endorsing “police violence.”
Reacting to Trump’s Friday speech to Long Island police officers, Sharpton on Saturday further condemned the president’s use of an anti-Irish slur, insisting that he is not anti-law enforcement and believes that police should be held accountable for their actions as well.
“As if the reprehensible statement by President Donald Trump encouraging police violence wasn’t enough, he used a slur against Irish regarding “Paddy Wagons,” wrote the well-known civil rights advocate in an Instagram post.
During his Friday address on gang violicen, Trump said, “When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddywagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice.”