*Donald Trump has released a statement denouncing Thursday’s police killings in Dallas, as well as the “senseless, tragic” deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, referring to both men as the “two motorists in Louisiana and Minnesota.”
Perhaps the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was not briefed on the particulars. Castile was indeed a “motorist” who was killed inside his car by a police officer in Minnesota.
Sterling, however, was not a motorist. He was selling CDs outside a convenience store when he was shot and killed by two Baton Rouge police officers.
Trump’s entire comment: “The senseless, tragic death of two motorists in Louisiana and Minnesota reminds us how much more needs to be done.”
Read his full statement below:
Full Trump statement: pic.twitter.com/t055oncAPs
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) July 8, 2016
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