Trump: ‘Philadelphia Shooter Should Never Have Been Allowed to Be on the Streets’

Trump: ‘Philadelphia Shooter Should Never Have Been Allowed to Be on the Streets’
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing the White House en route West Virginia in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019. Mary F. Calvert/REUTERS
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President Donald Trump said on Aug. 15 that the man who allegedly fired at six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff should “never have been allowed to be on the streets.”

“The Philadelphia shooter should never have been allowed to be on the streets,” Trump posted on Twitter. “He had a long and very dangerous criminal record. Looked like he was having a good time after his capture, and after wounding so many police.”