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Letter: Trump stokes fear

By David L. Fleming, Camas
Published: September 9, 2020, 6:00am

Trump told us a Biden presidency will result in violent protests in our suburban streets because they hate our brave law enforcement officers. Does this mean the violent protests in major cities during the Trump presidency are not a problem?

Black Lives Matter members have sponsored many protest demonstrations, seeking justice from law enforcement and the judicial system under their First Amendment rights. Democrats and perhaps some Republicans support these grievances. Does that make Black Lives Matter responsible for the actions of everyone who shows up at such a demonstration?

Is Trump responsible for the murder of two citizens in Kenosha, Wis., and the wounding of a third citizen at the hands of an Illinois teen, just because that teen attended a Trump rally? Was the policeman who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times a brave officer maintaining law and order? Do you think perhaps we have a problem with training in our police departments?

Trump does not see a problem in American society. He is an optimist who sees only an opportunity: an opportunity for himself, not the United States of America. An opportunity to fearmonger and gain his reelection.

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