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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently weighed in on the arrest of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago woman who was arrested after a traffic stop in Texas on July 10. Bland was subsequently placed into police custody and just three days later, found dead in her jail cell.

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During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Donald Trump commented on the arrest itself, focusing on the aggressive actions of the individual who made the arrest, Texas trooper Brian Encinia.

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“I will tell you I saw that clip, on your show by the way, I thought it was terrible,” Donald Trump says. “I thought he was so aggressive. It was a traffic signal as I understand it. Who gets out of a car for a traffic signal? I haven’t been pulled over in a while, actually, but seriously? He just looked very aggressive. I didn’t like his demeanor, I thought it was terrible to be honest with you and I’m a huge fan of the police. I think the police have to be given back power, but this guy was overly aggressive, terribly aggressive.”

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Donald Trump was later asked whether or not he believes such occurrences happen more frequently to African Americans.

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“I hope it doesn’t, but it might,” Trump says. “I have a great relationship with African Americans as you possibly have heard, I just have great respect for them. They like me [and] I like them. The answer is, it possibly does, it shouldn’t and it’s very sad if [that’s] the case. I will say though, in this case, I watched that so closely, I watched it a few times, he was terrible.”

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Donald Trump Comments On Sandra Bland’s Arrest: “This Guy Was Overly Aggressive”  was originally published on theurbandaily.com