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Clarke charged the White House for creating an environment for over-the-top rhetoric and violence against police officers:
“I said last December that war had been declared against the American police officer, led by some high-profile people. One of them coming out of the White House, another one coming out of the U.S. Department of Justice. And it’s open season right now, no doubt about it.”
Later in the interview, the sheriff pointed his finger at the president himself:
“That’s why I said the President of the United States started this ‘war on police.'”