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What a pardon of 2 D.C. cops says about Trump and the U.S. violence to come

Trump's Week One pardons of killer cops, Jan. 6 rioters, and a drug lord have one thing in common: the embrace of political violence.

In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Police Department police officers push back demonstrators outside the Fourth District police station in Washington, D.C. An officer in the nation’s capital has been indicted on a murder charge for his role in a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes. Federal prosecutors announced Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, that Terrence Sutton, 37, was indicted on second-degree murder, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges in connection with the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, who died after a pursuit in D.C. in October 2020.
In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Police Department police officers push back demonstrators outside the Fourth District police station in Washington, D.C. An officer in the nation’s capital has been indicted on a murder charge for his role in a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes. Federal prosecutors announced Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, that Terrence Sutton, 37, was indicted on second-degree murder, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges in connection with the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, who died after a pursuit in D.C. in October 2020.Read moreJose Luis Magana / AP
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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