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DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg....
apparently doesn't quite get Trump's sense of humor. Oh, that stuff about roughing up suspects....what a knee slapper! I guess Mr. Rosenberg wasn't amused. He cited the agency’s core values — among them integrity, accountability and respect and compassion.
“This is how we conduct ourselves. This is how we treat those whom we encounter in our work: victims, witnesses, subjects, and defendants. This is who we are,” Rosenberg wrote.
"The President, in remarks delivered yesterday in New York, condoned police misconduct regarding the treatment of individuals placed under arrest by law enforcement," Rosenberg wrote on Saturday morning. "In writing to you, I seek to advance no political, partisan, or personal agenda. Nor do I believe that a Special Agent or Task Force Officer of the DEA would mistreat a defendant. I know that you would not."
Rosenberg also appeared to brand Trump's statements as "wrong."
"I write because we have an obligation to speak out when something is wrong. That’s what law enforcement officers do. That’s what you do. We fix stuff. At least, we try," Rosenberg wrote.
"The President, in remarks delivered yesterday in New York, condoned police misconduct regarding the treatment of individuals placed under arrest by law enforcement," Rosenberg wrote on Saturday morning. "In writing to you, I seek to advance no political, partisan, or personal agenda. Nor do I believe that a Special Agent or Task Force Officer of the DEA would mistreat a defendant. I know that you would not."
Rosenberg also appeared to brand Trump's statements as "wrong."
"I write because we have an obligation to speak out when something is wrong. That’s what law enforcement officers do. That’s what you do. We fix stuff. At least, we try," Rosenberg wrote.
Read the rest here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/01/acting-dea-administrator-says-trump-condoned-police-misconduct-in-remarks-about-handling-suspects/?utm_term=.563aef9faa9d
Thank goodness for people of integrity and courage. They're what stands between us and the abyss right now.
