Trump: Death Penalty for All Cop Killers

Protesters greeted Republican first-in-the-nation presidential primary candidate Donald Trump as he received the endorsement of the New England Police Benevolent Association in Portsmouth last night, according to the Portland Press Herald.

At the event on Dec. 10, 2015, the union’s executive director, Jerry Flynn, said that Trump was the only candidate to respond to an invite to appear and be considered for an endorsement. The union represents 200 locals in six states and has about 5,000 members.

In his 45-minute speech to members, according to media reports, Trump said, if elected, he would sign an executive order to institute the death penalty for people convicted of killing police officers, to cheers in the hall. He also continued to stand by his previous remarks that there should be a temporary halt to immigration for Muslims in the United States due to radicals who were responsible for the terrorist attacks in Paris, France, and San Bernardino, CA.

After the event, Flynn was questioned about the death penalty remarks and stated that blue lives matter just as much as black lives matter.

“All lives matter as far as we’re concerned,” Flynn said.

Outside of the event, about 250 protesters chanted, held signs, and played music.

Maggie Fogarty, of the New Hampshire chapter of the American Friends Service Committee, stated that protesters were at the event because they were concerned about the “potential of a nationally elevated voice to awaken that fear and that darker side among us.”

Read the full report on pressherald.com.

Caption: Donald Trump was endorsed by the New England Police Benevolent Association on Dec. 10, 2015. Screenshot from Inform.com