CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland branch of the NAACP issued a statement Saturday night in reaction to a Cleveland police union vote to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The statement says the branch respects the union’s Constitutional right to free expression, but goes on to outline reasons why the civil rights group considers the endorsement vote to be troubling.
“The CPPA action shows that they fail to recognize the fact that they are under a federal consent decree for engaging in a pattern and practice of excessive use-of-force,” the letter states. “The President of the CPPA based his support of Trump on his belief that Trump would be a ‘friend of police.’ In other words, Steve Loomis implies that findings that Cleveland officers have beaten, maimed and killed unarmed men and women would somehow be allowed to go unchallenged under a Trump administration.”
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