How President Trump can invoke his supreme authority over everything to get law enforcement's undivided attention and cool things down in America

Patricia Ann Lehman

June 3, 2010· 

Donald Trump is setting the stage for a Civil War.

“In Charleston, S.C., a black man dropped to one knee and told the police, “All of you are my family.” The police arrested him.”

The police are supposed to protect free speech, not suppress it.

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  Aimee K. Rank The video is gut wrenching
• Sloan Bashinsky Maybe if Trump invokes his supreme authority over everything and has Homeland Security seize the 4 police officers and take them to Guantanamo where this video is played to them every day for the rest of their lives, that cools things off in America and gets state and federal law enforcement's undivided attention?
  
  Maybe if Trump first watches this video every day for a week, that will inspire him to take that action?
  
  Maybe if every federal, state, county and city law enforcement officer in America is required to watch this video every day for a week, that will align them with President Trump's punishment of the 4 police officers?
  
  Maybe Americans who watch this video will be more careful about how they behave, what they ingest, and how they respond when confronted by law enforcement officers?
• Sloan Bashinsky Here's a link to the video:
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