Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.
With his new executive order on policing, Trump just wants to make sure he’s the one holding the lead.
This week, Trump signed an executive order “STRENGTHENING AND UNLEASHING AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PURSUE CRIMINALS AND PROTECT INNOCENT CITIZENS” (all caps in the original), laying down a host of authoritarian diktats intended to make police officers more brutal, more loyal to him, and less accountable to anyone other than him.
The proclamation is more virtue signaling than policy — more an expression of Trump’s mood than a serious proposal. And, when it comes to conventional crime, Trump’s mood is right where it’s always been: fearful, demagogic, and perpetually stuck in 1988.
Radley Balko May 2, 2025
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