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Twitter said early Friday that a post by President Donald Trump about the protests overnight in Minneapolis glorified violence because of the historical context of his last line: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts."
The phrase was used both by Miami's police chief, Walter Headley, in 1967, and by presidential candidate and segregationist George Wallace the following year.
Hadley used it when he addressed his department's "crackdown on ... slum hoodlums," according to a United Press International article from the time.
So, racist. Right? Everyone is careful not to use the term, but racist.
The phrase was used both by Miami's police chief, Walter Headley, in 1967, and by presidential candidate and segregationist George Wallace the following year.
Hadley used it when he addressed his department's "crackdown on ... slum hoodlums," according to a United Press International article from the time.
So, racist. Right? Everyone is careful not to use the term, but racist.
Where does the phrase 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts' come from?
Before Trump, it was uttered by a Southern police chief during civil rights unrest in the 1960s.
www.nbcnews.com