Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for mandatory capital punishment for police killers following the brutal murder of a New York City police officer. Jonathan Diller.
The 77-year-old would-be Republican presidential nominee, speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, called on Congress to pass legislation that would ensure those convicted of killing police officers receive the death penalty. It was a few days after he attended Mr. Diller’s wake. long island.
“I urge Congress to pass legislation to ensure that anyone who kills a police officer receives the immediate death penalty,” President Trump said to the audience, which drew a standing ovation.
“We’re going to do that, and then you’ll see the whole situation stop,” he added.
President Trump has repeatedly supported the execution of convicted cop killers since at least his first run for the White House in 2015. vowed to sign the executive order “Death penalty for those who kill police officers.”
In 2018, during a memorial speech for murdered NYPD officer Miosotis Familia, the then-president again expressed support for the mandatory death penalty.
In the run-up to the 2020 election, after the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, President Trump called the “animals” responsible for the crime if the injured deputies were not saved. argued that he should receive a speedy trial. [and the] Death penalty. ”
“The only way to stop this!” he said in a tweet. Deputies Claudia Apollinar and Emmanuel Perez Perez survived the shooting.
The death penalty is legal in 27 states and at the federal level, but is outlawed in 23 states, including New York, and Washington, DC.
Career criminal Guy Rivera, 34, allegedly shot and killed Diller during a routine traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens last month.
Rivera, who is charged with murdering a police officer, attempted murder and weapons possession, was injured in the shootout that killed Diller.
President Trump said of Diller’s widow and the slain detective’s loved ones, “Stephanie and the whole family were just amazing.” “The Diller family is truly amazing.”
“It’s hard to describe how beautiful it was,” President Trump said of the wake. “It was sad and scary in so many ways, but Stephanie, who has a lot of police officers in her family, was incredible.”
“It’s amazing to see the love and respect” for Diller, he said, adding that “thousands of police officers and women rushed to the funeral home” and that outside the venue there were “blocks of… He said there were lines of people crossing the street.
President Trump described Diller’s young son Ryan as “the most beautiful baby ever” and said Stephanie “didn’t want to know anyone else” after meeting her future husband in high school. .
The former president described Diller’s killing as “vicious” and told the crowd that when the detective was “blown to pieces,” he “grabbed the gun and fought him. Then my men rushed in and shot him dead.” .
President Trump also slammed “immigrant crime,” describing it as a “new category of crime” that has emerged under President Biden.
He vowed to create a federal task force to “end illegal occupation in America,” calling it a “big deal.”
President Trump characterized so-called “squatter rights” — laws that allow individuals to legally occupy a home without proof of the owner’s permission — as “radical Democratic lunacy.”
“If an illegal alien invades your home, you will be deported.” [them]” President Trump said. “We will not allow your home to be taken away from you in any way.”
Trump criticized Biden’s declaration of “Trans Visibility Day” to coincide with Easter Sunday, saying that on Election Day, Nov. He predicted they would “come together in numbers” and return Biden to the Oval Office.
“What on earth was Biden thinking when he declared Easter Sunday as Trans Visibility Day? What an utter disdain for Christians,” he claimed.
“November 5th will have a different name, it will be called Christian Visibility Day.”
