At the same time the Donald Trump is flooding his Truth Social account with sketchy reports that Vice President Kamala Harris wanted to defund the police — when she was questioning where the funding should go — comes news from the New York Times that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) was once a fierce critic of cops ,going so far as to claim he "hated" them.
In emails and texts obtained by the Times from Vance's longtime friend Sofia Nelson, in 2014 the newly annointed GOP vice presidential nominee railed at the police after the shooting of 18-year-old Black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
As the Times is reporting, Nelson wrote to Vance about the shooting that left Brown dead and suggested all police should wear body cameras which led Vance to complain about police conduct.
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He wrote to Nelson, "I hate the police. Given the number of negative experiences I’ve had in the past few years, I can’t imagine what a Black guy goes through.”
The report notes that the earlier version of Vance showed some enthusiasm for reparations, writing to Nelson, "I have at least been convinced of the virtue of compensating modern victims who’ve suffered redlining or denial of federal benefits.”
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