Donald Trump called last week’s police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta a “terrible situation” but added that officers around the country had not been “treated fairly” while casting some blame on the victim for resisting arrest. “I thought it was a terrible situation, but you can’t resist a police officer,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday. It was a very sad — very, very sad — thing.”"You can't resist a police officer. But when the officers began to arrest him after he failed a field sobriety test, Brooks resisted and wrestled with them. Officer Garrett Rolfe then shot Brooks twice in the back, killing him.

Source: Huffington Post June 18, 2020 07:39 UTC