The endorsement of Donald Trump by the Fraternal Order of Police
appears to have driven a wedge between many black cops and their white
brothers in blue.
And nowhere is the split more visible than in
Philadelphia, where the local FOP chapter has fallen in line and also
endorsed the Republican presidential candidate — over the objections of a
group that represents some 2,500 African-American officers in the city
and which has branded Trump an "outrageous bigot."
"Our Local FOP is saying that our people have to
follow the national lead," Rochelle Bilal, head of the Philadelphia
Guardian Civic League, told NBC News. "We are saying you don't have to
vote for Donald Trump and the national FOP should have stayed out of
this election."
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