Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently claimed that "one real tough, nasty" and "violent" day of police brutality would bring an immediate end to crime in the nation, raising alarms for experts on authoritarianism about the danger to democracy should Trump's remarks ever translate into policy.
The former president's comments came during a Sept. 29 campaign rally in Erie, Pa., as he bemoaned what he falsely claimed is "rampant" crime plaguing the nation. Specifically highlighting incidents of theft from stores, he called for police to be able to "do their job" and crack down on the perpetrators, lamenting that the "liberal left won't let them do it."
