* “Angela Merkel represents everything Trump loathes: Globalism, multilateralism, international law. Trump aligns more with the well-known authoritarian leaders in the world.”–Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Berlin-based vice president of the German Marshall Fund, a research group.
* “I am your president of law and order.”–President Donald Trump.
* “I think we need to look hard at who we elect. … What is their character like? What are their ethics?”–Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff.
* “What happens to a dream deferred? Maybe it sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”–Langston Hughes.
* “What I want to see is not a rush to judgment, but a rush to justice.”–Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author, NBA Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
* “‘Qualified immunity’ shields government officials from liability for damages–even if they have violated the Constitution–so long as they did not violate ‘clearly established’ law. In this extraordinary time, ending ‘qualified immunity’ would be one of the most powerful first steps that the court or Congress could take to improve police accountability.”–UCLA law professor Joanna C. Schwartz.
* “(U.S. police are) much more militarized than (other) Western countries. We do on average have more aggressive policing than our peers.”–Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona professor of government and public policy.
* “To stop bad cops and police abuse, we must tackle police unions.”–Peter Sudeman, Reason Magazine.
* “There is no such thing as rock bottom for Trump. Assume the worst is yet to come. … He must be removed.”–George Will, Washington Post.
* “What’s unprecedented is that never before have we been led by a man who so completely inverts the spirit of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. With malice toward all; with charity for none.”–Brett Stephens, New York Times.
* “Most sophisticated dictators don’t argue that they’re angels. They argue that America is sanctimonious and hypocritical because we do the same things they do.”–Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey.
* “America’s allies see a president further withdrawing U.S. leadership at a time when the world seeks to unite against the common enemy of the coronavirus.”–Dan Balz, Washington Post.
* “He has maxed out his base. … His polls are down, he has historically high negatives.”–Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal.
* “The more that the protests highlight the need to improve the country’s ruptured race relations, then, the more it is likely to harm the president’s odds of reelection.”–Michael Tesler, Washington Post.
* “Preach a false version of history.”–What the state of Virginia will no longer do, pledged Gov. Ralph Northam, in announcing that the iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond.
* “The landscape of policing has changed dramatically in the last five days. If there’s a police officer in the city of Tampa that does not want a body-worn camera, then I suggest you turn your badge in.”–Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan.