Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, has made crime in Democratic cities a priority for his third time in the White House after a New York City police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on Thursday. will be involved in the incident.
As President Trump pays tribute to the war dead, President Joe Biden is also scheduled to visit New York to attend a fundraiser along with former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
AP report Visitation will be held in suburban Massapequa for Officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday.
Police said Diller, 31, was shot under his bulletproof vest as he approached an illegally parked car in Queens.
This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows Jonathan Diller, a police officer killed in the line of duty in New York on Monday, March 25, 2024. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend Diller’s wake on Thursday. (New York City Police Department, Associated Press)
Diller, who was married and had a 1-year-old son, was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
President Trump has long deplored crime in Democratic-majority cities and wants to give police officers working on the problem immunity from lawsuits for potential misconduct.
The Trump campaign has not disclosed details about whether he will appear or speak.
“President Trump is moved by this invitation to the family and colleagues dealing with the senseless and tragic death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement. .
