“A lot of [protesters] are just violent looters, and lawless criminals at this point because they are engaging in violence,” Massie said.
Republican Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie said in a Thursday interview that he doesn’t believe there’s a prevalence of racism among police and added that he hasn’t seen “an articulate person” among the racial justice protesters demonstrating against police brutality.
During June 4 episode of The Tom Roten Morning Show, a West Virginian conservative AM talk radio program, Massie was asked if there needs to be systemic change among police and if racism is prevalent in police departments.
“I don’t think it’s prevalent,” Massie said, adding that he thinks police “have a few bad apples here and there” with the vast majority of them being “patriotic,” “pro-Second Amendment” and “pro-Constitution.”
“Occasionally you have a few bad apples, and then the media tries to conflate those circumstances and those actors with every policeman and I think that’s wrong,” Massie said.
“What we do need nationally is to relook at our educational system,” he continued, saying of the protesters, “A lot of them are just violent looters, and lawless criminals at this point because they are engaging in violence.
