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| Donald Trump Rally in Wisconsin Finds Support for the Police | |
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| WEST BEND, Wis. — Forty miles north of the unrest in Milwaukee, residents here in West Bend welcomed Donald J. Trump’s visit to the area and his support of police officers who are once again facing scrutiny for the fatal shooting of a black man. | |
| While Milwaukee grapples with the violence that erupted after the police shooting on Saturday, most people interviewed in this Republican stronghold said they were far more concerned that the police were being unfairly criticized. | While Milwaukee grapples with the violence that erupted after the police shooting on Saturday, most people interviewed in this Republican stronghold said they were far more concerned that the police were being unfairly criticized. |
| And they said that Mr. Trump’s rally offered a chance to show support for a law-and-order presidency — and for officers who they feel have been unfairly maligned after the police fatally shot a black man who officials say had a gun. | And they said that Mr. Trump’s rally offered a chance to show support for a law-and-order presidency — and for officers who they feel have been unfairly maligned after the police fatally shot a black man who officials say had a gun. |
| Mr. Trump made good on the offer in his speech, accusing Hillary Clinton of pushing an anti-police “narrative” and saying that violent demonstrations are most harmful to the people in the communities themselves. | |
| “She is against the police, believe me,” Mr. Trump said of Mrs. Clinton, adding that “the problem is not that there are too many police, the problem is that there are not enough police.” | |
| “Law and order must be restored,” Mr. Trump said. | |
| The people of this suburb seemed receptive. | |
| “I don’t think it is a problem — the whole ‘Black Lives Matter’ — that only black people are getting killed. That’s just not the case,” said Lori Griggs, 44, who lives near West Bend and planned to attend the Trump rally. “We should be supporting our police officers. I think that it has blown up every time that, you know, a black individual is killed. It’s blown up in the news. But you don’t hear about the whites that have been killed.” | “I don’t think it is a problem — the whole ‘Black Lives Matter’ — that only black people are getting killed. That’s just not the case,” said Lori Griggs, 44, who lives near West Bend and planned to attend the Trump rally. “We should be supporting our police officers. I think that it has blown up every time that, you know, a black individual is killed. It’s blown up in the news. But you don’t hear about the whites that have been killed.” |
| Mr. Trump visited Milwaukee before his rally here but did not hold any public events in the city, choosing instead to meet privately with police officers and attend fund-raisers. | Mr. Trump visited Milwaukee before his rally here but did not hold any public events in the city, choosing instead to meet privately with police officers and attend fund-raisers. |
| Jack Beck, 65, a retired bricklayer and a Trump supporter who lives in West Bend, said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump and did not blame him for making a low-key stop in Milwaukee, given the city’s racial tensions. | Jack Beck, 65, a retired bricklayer and a Trump supporter who lives in West Bend, said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump and did not blame him for making a low-key stop in Milwaukee, given the city’s racial tensions. |
| “Every night in Milwaukee there is someone being shot and they make nothing of that until a cop is involved and then all of a sudden it’s always blamed on the cop,” said Mr. Beck, who said he hoped West Bend’s black population would not increase. He tied much of the unrest in Milwaukee to his belief that black residents do not want to work hard and instead want to use police killings to get handouts from the government. | “Every night in Milwaukee there is someone being shot and they make nothing of that until a cop is involved and then all of a sudden it’s always blamed on the cop,” said Mr. Beck, who said he hoped West Bend’s black population would not increase. He tied much of the unrest in Milwaukee to his belief that black residents do not want to work hard and instead want to use police killings to get handouts from the government. |
| “If somebody is killed, they think we owe them something,” Mr. Beck said. “I don’t want to seem racist or nothing but the black heritage has been raised in a certain way that there’s no incentive to get out and work because all of a sudden you have five kids and there are no dads around.” | “If somebody is killed, they think we owe them something,” Mr. Beck said. “I don’t want to seem racist or nothing but the black heritage has been raised in a certain way that there’s no incentive to get out and work because all of a sudden you have five kids and there are no dads around.” |
| Others believe that Mr. Trump, who during his campaign has not held any events aimed at black voters in their communities, is purposely choosing to avoid the people of Milwaukee, a city of nearly 600,000 where some 40 percent of residents are African-American, according to the 2010 census. In contrast, 95 percent of the people of West Bend are white and only 1 percent are black. | Others believe that Mr. Trump, who during his campaign has not held any events aimed at black voters in their communities, is purposely choosing to avoid the people of Milwaukee, a city of nearly 600,000 where some 40 percent of residents are African-American, according to the 2010 census. In contrast, 95 percent of the people of West Bend are white and only 1 percent are black. |
| In Milwaukee, residents are naturally more skeptical of Mr. Trump’s visit to the swing state and his focus on the suburbs. | In Milwaukee, residents are naturally more skeptical of Mr. Trump’s visit to the swing state and his focus on the suburbs. |
| “Donald Trump is running a campaign where he is seeking to be the voice of angry white folks,” said Walter Bond, a local activist in Milwaukee and chief of staff for Teach For America Milwaukee. “So Donald Trump is here to sort of speak to those folks.” | “Donald Trump is running a campaign where he is seeking to be the voice of angry white folks,” said Walter Bond, a local activist in Milwaukee and chief of staff for Teach For America Milwaukee. “So Donald Trump is here to sort of speak to those folks.” |
| Faithe Colas, 55, who lives in Sherman Park, the mostly African-American neighborhood in Milwaukee where the unrest exploded, said that in holding his rally in West Bend, Mr. Trump was courting a community where he will be warmly received. | Faithe Colas, 55, who lives in Sherman Park, the mostly African-American neighborhood in Milwaukee where the unrest exploded, said that in holding his rally in West Bend, Mr. Trump was courting a community where he will be warmly received. |
| “I don’t think Milwaukee is the kind of city that would embrace a visit from Trump at the moment,” she said. | |
| Jim D’Angelo, 52, a Republican who lives in West Bend and works in sales, said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump and believed the candidate had been mischaracterized as a racist and a misogynist by his opponents. | Jim D’Angelo, 52, a Republican who lives in West Bend and works in sales, said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump and believed the candidate had been mischaracterized as a racist and a misogynist by his opponents. |
| “There’s no racial motivation to what he is doing here,” Mr. D’Angelo said. “He’s coming to Washington County, which is a Republican stronghold. Republicans win this county all the time. So he’s coming to beef up his base.” | “There’s no racial motivation to what he is doing here,” Mr. D’Angelo said. “He’s coming to Washington County, which is a Republican stronghold. Republicans win this county all the time. So he’s coming to beef up his base.” |
| Cindy Limburg, 64, an accountant who lives in West Bend, has not decided whom she will vote for but said she was scared by the tensions that accompany Mr. Trump’s rallies. She grew up in Detroit and left at 19 to escape racial tensions that she said plagued the city. She settled in West Bend in 1991. | Cindy Limburg, 64, an accountant who lives in West Bend, has not decided whom she will vote for but said she was scared by the tensions that accompany Mr. Trump’s rallies. She grew up in Detroit and left at 19 to escape racial tensions that she said plagued the city. She settled in West Bend in 1991. |
| “I am concerned about the violence that seems to be circling him and everywhere he goes,” she said. “I was in high school during the ’60s riots. I worked really, really hard to overcome the racial and social stigmas that go along with the Detroit attitudes and the big city environments. And what I am seeing in Milwaukee breaks my heart because it brings me back to back all those awful memories of what occurred back then.” | “I am concerned about the violence that seems to be circling him and everywhere he goes,” she said. “I was in high school during the ’60s riots. I worked really, really hard to overcome the racial and social stigmas that go along with the Detroit attitudes and the big city environments. And what I am seeing in Milwaukee breaks my heart because it brings me back to back all those awful memories of what occurred back then.” |