{"id":434460,"date":"2021-04-20T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=434460"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:31:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:31:50","slug":"rep-tlaibs-comments-on-inherently-racist-policing-are-reckless-and-disgusting-detroit-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-tlaibs-comments-on-inherently-racist-policing-are-reckless-and-disgusting-detroit-police-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Tlaib\u2019s Comments on \u2018Inherently Racist\u2019 Policing Are \u2018Reckless and Disgusting\u2019: Detroit Police Chief"},"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\">28<\/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%2Frep-tlaibs-comments-on-inherently-racist-policing-are-reckless-and-disgusting-detroit-police-chief%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=434460&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>Detroit Police chief James Craig said on Monday that it was \u201creckless and disgusting\u201d for Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-rashida-tlaib\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a>\u2019s (D-Mich.) to say that policing in the United States is \u201cinherently &#038; intentionally racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1384129343513759761?s=20\">appearance on CNN<\/a>, the police chief was asked about Tlaib\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1381745303997534216?s=20\">fiery tweet<\/a>, in which she claimed that the recent police-involved shooting of Duane Wright \u201cwasn\u2019t an accident\u201d and that \u201cpolicing in our country is inherently &#038; intentionally racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaunte Wright was met with aggression &#038; violence. I am done with those who condone government funded murder,\u201d Tlaib wrote, adding, \u201cNo more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can\u2019t be reformed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wright was\u00a0killed April 11 during a traffic stop and attempted arrest on an outstanding warrant in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb. He was shot by officer Kimberly Potter, who later said she mistook her gun for a Taser. Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Craig told CNN in the interview that Tlaib\u2019s comments were \u201creckless and disgusting,\u201d adding that there has been an increase in the number of assaults against law enforcement officers across the country. While he didn\u2019t directly blame Tlaib\u2019s comments for the rise in violence against officers, Craig said, \u201cthe anti-police rhetoric is too much,\u201d lumping into this category\u00a0Rep. Maxine Waters\u2019 (D-Calif.) recent remarks about getting \u201cmore confrontational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waters spoke on Saturday in a Minneapolis suburb not far from where Derek Chauvin is on trial, accused of murder in the death of George Floyd. The California Democrat said that if there\u2019s a not guilty verdict, \u201cthen we know that we got to not only stay in the street, but we have got to fight for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get more confrontational. We\u2019ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business,\u201d Waters added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2699713\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2699713 size-post-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2796.jpeg\" alt=\"Rep. Maxine Waters\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/noscript>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 31, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe those comments can fuel anger,\u201d Craig said of Tlaib\u2019s and Waters\u2019 remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xe-APKYGRoY\">speaking at a press conference<\/a> in Detroit on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In his interview on CNN, the Detroit police chief accused Tlaib of seeking to draw attention to herself with her controversial tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it relates directly to Rashida Tlaib. This is about her putting attention to herself,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what it\u2019s designed to do. It\u2019s not productive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig added that he does not believe most Detroiters share Tlaib\u2019s viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of Detroiters support this police department. They want effective and constitutional policing, and to make statements like abolish policing, abolish incarceration certainly is counterproductive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib later clarified her remarks on social media in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1382428413252800514?s=20\">thread on Twitter<\/a>, in which she said, \u201cIt is clear that more investment in police, incarceration, and criminalization will not deliver that safety,\u201d adding, \u201cInstead, we should be investing more resources into our community to tackle poverty, education inequities, and to increase job opportunities. We should be expanding the use of mental health and social work professionals to respond to disputes before they escalate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked on CNN about Tlaib\u2019s clarification, Craig called her remarks \u201cspot on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t disagree with, you know, increasing support for mental health,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cwe have a massive mental health issue in our country today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get it. We understand it,\u201d Craig said, adding that he believes Tlaib\u2019s clarification was about\u00a0\u201cpedaling back because she got so much pushback on her reckless comments. So it doesn\u2019t surprise me that she is now trying to take a softer approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times reached out to Rep. Tlaib with a request for comment on Craig\u2019s remarks, but did not receive a reply by press time.<\/p>\n<p>Craig\u2019s comments came as Chauvin\u2019s trial went to closing arguments, with the former Minneapolis police officer facing charges of third-degree murder, second-degree murder, and manslaughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Police chief James Craig said on Monday that it was \u201creckless and disgusting\u201d for Rep. Rashida Tlaib\u2019s (D-Mich.) to say that policing in the United States is \u201cinherently &#038; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2796.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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