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>> PLEASE WELCOME MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE. |
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David A. Clarke Jr.
>> THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR, BLUE LIVES MATTER IN AMERICA. [CHEERING] >> USA. USA. USA. >> I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH A HEAVY HEART. AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY PREPARES TO BURY THREE OF BATON ROUGE'S LOUISIANA FINEST. THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS. OUT OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND AS LIEUTENANT BRIAN RICE WAS ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES. [CHEERING] IN THE MALICIOUS PROSECUTION OF ACTIVIST STATE ATTORNEY MARILYN MOSBY. >> BOO! I WOULD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT. A CONCEPT THAT FIVE ON ABORTION OFFICERS WERE MURDERED AND NINE MORE WERE WOUNDED FOR EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND FOR THREE MORE MURDERED TWO DAYS AGO IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. THAT IS THE IMPORTANT -- IMPORTANCE OF MAKING AMERICA SAFER AGAIN. [CHEERING] I BELIEVE THAT THIS NOBLE MISSION IS NOT JUST A REQUIREMENT BUT A PRE-WHAT WAS IT FOR ACHIEVING THE CAMPAIGN GOAL OF MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. [CHEERING] WE SIMPLY CANNOT BE GREAT IF WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOME, OUR STREETS, OUR SCHOOLS. I SEE THIS EVERY DAY AT STREET LEVEL. MANY AMERICANS INCREASINGLY HAVE AN UNEASINESS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THEIR FAMILY TO LIVE SAFELY IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES. THIS TRANSCENDS RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AGE, AND LIFESTYLE. [CHEERING] IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, A RECENT GALLUP POLL CONFIRMS IT. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL AMERICANS NOW WORRY A GREAT DEAL ABOUT CRIME AND VIOLENCE. CONSISTENTLY UP FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. AND FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THAT NUMBER IS 70%. SADLY, TRY GROWING NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES, THE SENSE OF SAFETY THAT MANY OF US ONCE TOOK FOR GRANTED HAS BEEN SHATTERED. AMERICANS DON'T ALWAYS FEEL SAFE AND THAT IF THEY'RE WORKING IN A BIG CITY, LIVING IN A SUBURB OR RURAL AREAS ALL AROUND THIS GREAT COUNTRY, I OFTEN TELL RESIDENTS OF MILWAUKEE IN THE CITY AND TOWN THAT VISIT, THAT SAFETY IS A SHARED ENDEAVOR. 'S SIZE WITH A WILLING ACCEPTANCE OF PEOPLE TO PLAY BY SOCIETY'S RULES. A CODE, IF YOU WELL, THEY CODE WHERE WE COLLECTIVELY AGREE UPON THAT INSURED STABILITY, FAIRNESS AND INSPECT. -- RESPECT. IT IS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE SOCIETIES RULES AT ITS FOUNDATION IS A RULE OF LAW. THE [CHEERING] -- [CHEERING] IN 1963, DARKENED -- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WROTE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE INTERRELATEDNESS OF ALL COMMUNITIES AND ABOUT OUR INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF MUTUALITY TYING US TO A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY. HE SPOKE ABOUT THE BASIC REALITY OF THE RULE OF LAW PROVIDED THAT IT IS APPLIED EQUALLY TO BOTH THE WEALTHY AND THE IMPOVERISHED, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AND YES THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY. [CHEERING] WHAT WE WITNESSED IN FERGUSON AND BALTIMORE AND BATON ROUGE WAS A COLLAPSE OF THE SOCIAL ORDER. SO MANY OF THE ACTIONS OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT AND BLACK LIVES MATTER TRANSCEND PEOPLE PROTEST AND VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT WE RELY ON. I CALLED ANARCHY. -- CALL IT ANARCHY. [CHEERING] AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THAT RACE IS AND HAS BEEN A HEATED ISSUE IN OUR COUNTRY. MOST APPRECIATE THE VITAL NEED FOR THOROUGHNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN PURSUIT OF THE GREATER GOOD IN THEIR THESE ARE TRUTHS THAT ARE SELF EVIDENT TO ME AND THAT I PRACTICE. THEY ARE THE TRUTHS THE DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS AND SUPPORTS. [APPLAUSE] DONALD TRUMP IS THE STEADFAST LEADER OUR NATION NEEDS. HE HAS SPOKEN PASSIONATELY TO ME OF HIS BELIEF IN OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. HE SPEAKS TO THE VALUES THAT ARE AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT. THROUGHOUT HIS CAMPAIGN OVER MANY YEARS HE HAS CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY RAISED HIS VOICE NOT ONLY IN DEFENSE OF THE POLICE OFFICER BUT OF THE NEED FOR ALL PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT THEY ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY AND RESPECTFULLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. [APPLAUSE] DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS THAT WHAT CAN MAKE OUR NATION SAFE AGAIN IS A RECOMMITMENT TO A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE IN WHICH NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, NO PRIVATE CITIZEN, NO ELECTED OFFICIAL EVEN HILLARY CLINTON, AND NO GROUP OF PEOPLE DESPITE THE FERVOR WITH WHICH THEY PUT FORTH IN THEIR GRIEVANCES. CAN BE ABOVE THE LAW. IT CANNOT HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE] THE TRADITION OF THE PRIMACY OF THE RULE OF LAW IN AMERICA IS STRONG. IT IS IN OUR ACTIONS THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TOWARD MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]... Show Full Text Show Less Text |
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>> PLEASE WELCOME UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE SEAN DUFFY OF WISCONSIN. |