“And the tweets, ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts,’ ” she continued, referencing Trump’s widely criticized response to the Minneapolis protests last month, which many interpreted to be a racist threat of violence. ADWhen Faulkner brought up Trump’s May 29 tweets, zeroing in on the “When the looting starts, the shooting starts” quote, the president had an explanation ready. Headley warned at the time that officers would use shotguns and dogs, adding, “We don’t mind being accused of police brutality.”AD“I’ve let the word filter down that when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Headley said. And the other is, if there’s looting, there’s going to be shooting. “But when the looting starts, there oftentimes means there’s going to be shooting, there’s going to be death, there’s going to be killing, and that’s a bad thing.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2020 09:49 UTC