Donald Trump slams murder of NYPD cop Jonathan Diller 'by serial criminal' as he attends slain officer's wake: 'We have to toughen it up, these things can't happen'
Donald Trump has attended the wake of a murdered NYPD officer and condemned city officials for freeing the serial criminal who allegedly killed him.
Speaking at the ceremony for Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, the former president said: 'What happened is such a sad event, such a horrible thing and it is happening all too often.
'It's an honor to be here, but this is such a sad occasion. We've got to toughen it up, we've got to strengthen it up, things like this shouldn't take place.'
Officer Diller was shot and killed in Queens during a routine traffic stop on Monday, with footage of the incident showing the cop
screaming in pain as he died.
The Republican presidential nominee added: 'We are just not going to let it happen. 21 times arrested, this thug. The person in the car with him was arrested many times.
'They don't learn because they don't respect that police are the greatest people we have, there is nothing and nobody like them. This should never happen.
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Officer Diller was shot and killed in Queens during a routine traffic stop on Monday, with footage of the incident showing the cop screaming in pain
Trump continued: 'I just visited with a very beautiful wife who now doesn't have her husband, Stephanie was just incredible.
'Their child a brand new beautiful baby sitting there innocent as can be does not know how his life has been changed.
'The Diller family will never be the same, and we have to stop it. We have to get back to law and order because this is not working. It's happening too often.
Officer Diller was shot and killed in Queens during a routine traffic stop on Monday, with footage of the incident showing the cop screaming in pain as he died.
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