Protests on several occasions morphed into looting and destruction, an aspect of the upheaval Trump has emphasized in his remarks on the subject.
The mass unrest has prompted a racial reckoning that has more than once been compared to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
“What we saw was a terrible thing. And we’ve seen it over the years. You know, this was one horrible example, but you've seen other terrible examples,” he said, telling Faulkner, who is black, “You know that better than anybody would know it.
“[W]e have incredible people in law enforcement, and we have to cherish them and take care of them,” he said in the interview Friday. “We can’t let something like this — we have a bad apple come out and destroy the image of millions of people that take really good care of us.”
President Trump claimed many of the protesters didn't know why they took to the streets and he emphasized his defense of law enforcement from accusations of widespread brutality and systemic racism
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