During a speech to law enforcement on July 28, President Trump said "please don't be too nice" to suspects who are arrested. “The President, in remarks delivered yesterday in New York, condoned police misconduct regarding the treatment of individuals placed under arrest by law enforcement,” Rosenberg wrote. There was no formal guidance.”Pfaff said that in the agency’s view, the message was not a rebuke of Trump’s comments. Law enforcement leaders have been privately discussing Trump’s comments since his speech Friday and “universally” expressed “disbelief and disappointment” at the remarks, said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. “In fact, the only reason the police have not been front and center in news stories around the country is because of President Trump.

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2017 17:15 UTC