Zuckerberg really said Trump's 'shooting' comment has 'no history' as a 'dog whistle'

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In leaked audio obtained by Recode, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees Tuesday that Trump's incitement to violence hosted by, and spread via Facebook could remain on the site because it only encouraged "excessive policing." So-called excessive policing is, of course, what led to the killing of George Floyd.

The phrase used by Trump in a Tweet and Facebook post "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" first gained prominence in the 1960s when, according to NPR, it was used by Miami police Chief Walter Headley. Headley notoriously explicitly embraced police brutality, saying in a 1967 news conference that "We don't mind being accused of police brutality." Read more...More about Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, George Floyd, and Tech

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