Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to issue an executive order to mandate the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer.
“One of the first things I’d do in terms of executive order, if I win, will be to sign strong, strong statement that would go out to the country, out to the world, anybody killing policeman police woman, police officer, anybody killing police officer, the death penalty is going to happen,” he said.
“We can’t let this go,” he added, speaking to a New Hampshire crowd alongside the New England Police Benevolent Association, shortly after the group voted to endorse Trump.
“I want to let you know, the police and law enforcement in this country, I will never ever let them down,” he said.
“The job they do and the job all you in this room do is second to none, and everyone in our country knows that.”
How is one life more important than another? How or why would killing someone with a badge guarantee the most extreme of punishments in America, when those wearing the badge get suspension with pay for doing the very same thing to others?