Bernie Sanders Claims Cops Shoot Suspects To Avoid Looking “Wimpy”

By Bob Owens

Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders veered wildly off-topic in a speech in Monterey, California in order to accuse law enforcement officers nationwide of having a “shoot first” mentality. Sanders went so far as to accuse officers of shooting suspects merely to avoid looking “wimpy” to their peers.

Bernie Sanders suggested Tuesday that police officers are firing their weapons in conflicts because they’re afraid of looking ‘wimpy’ if they don’t.

‘It is not wimpy for a police officer to break up a dangerous situation without killing somebody,’ Sanders said at a rally. ‘That’s not wimpy. That’s heroic, and that’s what has to be done.’

Sanders was delivering his stump speech Tuesday night in Monterey, California, when he veered off course and commented on the cause of police brutality.

It was not immediately clear what specific incident or statement by a public official Sanders was responding to, if at all.

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‘We have got to change all over this country law enforcement culture so that we all understand that using lethal force, killing somebody, is the last response not the first response,’ the Democratic presidential candidate stated.

He then commented on police looking ‘wimpy’ if they take care of business without taking a life.

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Source:: Bearing Arms