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USA - Trump calls for cop killers to get ‘mandatory’ death sentence
April 2, 2024: April 2, 2024 - USA. Trump calls for cop killers to get ‘mandatory’ death sentence in wake of slain NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded a mandatory death sentence for cop killers in the wake of the horrific murder of NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, 77, was speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis. where he called on Congress to pass legislation to ensure that those convicted of killing a police officer receive capital punishment — just days after he attended Diller’s wake in Long Island.
“I will ask Congress to send a bill to my desk ensuring that anyone who murders a police officer will receive immediately the death penalty,” Trump told the crowd, a line that drew a standing ovation.
“We’re going to do that, and you’ll see the whole situation come to a halt,” he added.
Trump has supported executing convicted cop killers repeatedly since at least 2015, during his first White House run, when he vowed to sign an executive order giving “anybody killing a police officer, the death penalty.”
Career criminal Guy Rivera, 34, allegedly shot and killed Diller during a routine traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens, last month.
Diller, 31, was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens, on March 25, 2024.
Suspect Guy Rivera allegedly opened fire on Diller on Monday evening after the cop approached the vehicle Rivera was in for parking in front of a bus stop.
Rivera was wounded when Diller’s partner returned fire. The suspect has 21 prior arrests and was found to have a shiv stored in his rectum during the shooting — in apparent anticipation of being sent to jail again.
Lindy Jones, the ex-con behind the wheel of the car during the shooting, was also arrested after a second gun was found in his car.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/02/us-news/trump-renews-push-for-cop-killers-to-get-mandatory-death-sentence-in-wake-of-nypd-det-jonathan-dillers-murder/
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/03/28/trump-attends-wake-of-slain-nypd-officer (Source: New York Post, 02/04/2024)
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