Gingrich: 'Very dangerous time' with police being vilified, especially for minorities
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned that the exponential increase in police officers being vilified in the public square marks a dangerous time for the United States
"I think that the danger we’ve got which we’ve had before. The Black Panther movement in the late ‘60s for example, engaged in fairly large scale rioting. 2,500 bombs that went off from 1969 to ‘70. There were riots in an amazing number of cities in the 1960s. Part of what you have here is that the society can’t decide whether or not it favors law and order in the classic sense," he said. "[T]he forces of disorder, the forces of crime, the forces who have contempt for civilization are all now dominant. You have [people] taunting the police, attacking the police. We have made being a policeman dramatically more dangerous. Historically that’s very unhealthy." Gingrich said the natural bias in society is one that gives the officer the preferential treatment because he is the one willing to risk his life to protect and serve. That, the ex-speaker said, is no longer the case in many place.More Related News