Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger decried President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to pardon many of the Jan. 6 defendants, saying clemency for people who assault police would send a message that the safety of officers does not matter.
“What message does that send?” Manger said in a Sunday interview with The Washington Post. “What message does that send to police officers across this nation, if someone doesn’t think that a conviction for an assault or worse against a police officer is something that should be upheld, given what we ask police officers to do every day?”
“This is not about any particular president,” he said. “It’s not about any particular pardon. It’s about police officers who are asked to do the things that they’re asked to do, and the community supporting them when they’re hurt, injured, assaulted, or killed.”
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