Republican Convention Defends Police as Racial Tension Rises Anew
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hollywoodreporter.comRepublicans aggressively defended law enforcement on the third night of their convention, as the nation faced renewed tensions following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin, that sparked protests in a state that could decide the fall election.
Vice President Mike Pence, the evening's featured speaker, seized on the national reckoning over racial injustice to argue that Democratic leaders are allowing lawlessness to prevail in cities from coast to coast.
He and others described cities wracked by violence, though protests in most locations have been largely peaceful. "The American people know we don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with African American neighbors to improve the quality.
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