{"id":1294057,"date":"2022-02-13T00:22:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T05:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294057"},"modified":"2022-02-13T00:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T05:22:37","slug":"exclusive-fmr-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-i-stand-with-those-truckers-for-fighting-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fmr-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-i-stand-with-those-truckers-for-fighting-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Fmr. Detroit Police Chief James Craig: \u2018I Stand with Those Truckers for Fighting for Freedom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-fmr-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-i-stand-with-those-truckers-for-fighting-for-freedom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig supports the Freedom Convoy protesters demonstrating on the Ambassador Bridge and finds it \u201cshameful\u201d and \u201chypocritical\u201d that Michigan Democrat leaders are calling for their removal.<\/p>\n<p>Craig, a Republican hoping to unseat one such Democrat, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in this year\u2019s gubernatorial election, doubled down on his pro-protester position during an interview with host Matthew Boyle on&nbsp;<em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>&nbsp;after Whitmer ally Attorney General Dana Nessel attacked him for it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs you might recall, I was part of the 2020 \u2018summer of love\u2019 that so many talk about, and so it infuriated me because this is a great example of big government socialism. We see it here in our own country. We see it in our state,\u201d Craig observed. \u201cSo, yes, I stand with those truckers for fighting for freedom,\u201d he said, adding that he also stands with police officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Craig initially vocalized his support on Friday for the protesters on the bridge, which connects his city of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, and serves as a major trade route between the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Upon speaking out, Nessel directly attacked Craig, calling his stance \u201cabhorrent\u201d and accusing Republicans of belonging to the \u201cparty of lawlessness, insurrection, and anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coming from a former law enforcement officer, I find this abhorrent. Laws should be applied and enforced equally to everyone, irrespective of the motivation of those in violation of the law. This is why so many now feel free to disregard statutes which keep our society safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hpyRrNsCAo\">https:\/\/t.co\/hpyRrNsCAo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Nessel (@dananessel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dananessel\/status\/1492204619329589249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again, I ask the Republican candidates for MI Attorney General to state their position on this matter. Time to stop allowing Republicans to label themselves the party of \u201claw and order.\u201d They are, instead, the party of lawlessness, insurrection, and anarchy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Nessel (@dananessel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dananessel\/status\/1492207111471783942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe state AG, top cop of the state, who didn\u2019t offer Detroit any support during this \u2018summer of love,\u2019 now you want to criticize me as it being appalling that I would support people who stand up for freedom? Shameful,\u201d Craig said, also noting that her \u201chypocrisy\u201d was \u201cclear.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Craig has an extensive background in law enforcement. He worked for the Los Angeles Police Department for about 30 years, then became police chief in Portland, Maine, and later Cincinnati, Ohio, and then stepped into the role of chief of the Detroit Police Department, where he served for eight years until 2021.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19862794\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP21257680165822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19862794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP21257680165822.jpg\" alt=\"James Craig, a former Detroit Police Chief, announces he is a Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Craig, a former Detroit Police Chief, announces he is a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan in Detroit, September 14, 2021. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Craig, who dealt directly with the protests and violent riots that stemmed from Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020, drew a comparison to today\u2019s Freedom Convoy protest, where participants are expressing opposition to forced coronavirus vaccinations and related mandates.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he successfully managed the protests in Detroit in 2020 because he let peaceful protesters demonstrate but mobilized law enforcement for any nonpeaceful occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen cities were burning around our country \u2014 some cities were burning in our great state of Michigan \u2014 Detroit didn\u2019t burn. We didn\u2019t retreat,\u201d Craig explained. \u201cBut we allowed, so long as the protesters were peaceful, like these truckers, we allowed them to march. They took over streets. So long as they kept it moving, we allowed them to march. As soon as they started to attack our men and women on the frontline, police officers, we took a firm stand on it. So the hypocrisy\u2014 I don\u2019t care what ideology someone supports, once they violate the law, become violent, that\u2019s where it stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig also noted that he did not believe Black Lives Matter, an organization with radical anti-capitalist&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2020\/jul\/21\/black-lives-matter-marxist-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">origins<\/a>, had a message that resonated with residents of his majority-black city. Nearly 80 percent of the Detroit population is black, but yet the city did not see the same destruction as certain other cities, like Seattle and Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stood face to face with this group. This group did not represent the black community. It did not,\u201d Craig said. \u201cBecause it\u2019s called called Black Lives Matter or Detroit Will Breathe? The underpinnings of Black Lives Matter, as we know, are Marxist, and we also\u2014 many of the people that have come to the cities around the country proclaiming that they\u2019re connected to Black Lives Matter, well, not really, because if black lives truly mattered, they stand silent on the majority of what happens in unfortunately, in communities of color is black on black crime, but no one never wants to address that issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not police, killing black men, as much as it is black men killing black men,\u201d Craig asserted. \u201cSo this group, didn\u2019t represent Detroit and it couldn\u2019t get traction in Detroit. They were not credible in Detroit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig supports the Freedom Convoy protesters demonstrating on the Ambassador Bridge and finds it \u201cshameful\u201d and \u201chypocritical\u201d that Michigan Democrat leaders are calling for their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}