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Ann Dorn, the widow of David Dorn – a retired St. Louis police captain who was killed in June when he interrupted a looting amid protests – made a pitch for Trump: “Violence and destruction are not legitimate forms of protest. They do not safeguard black lives. They destroy them. President Trump understands this and has offered federal help to restore order in our communities.”
But the daughters of David Dorn have said that they wish his father’s widow wouldn’t politicize his death.
Ann Dorn, whose husband officer David Dorn was fatally shot amid unrest in St Louis earlier this year, addressed the Republican convention.
“I re-live that horror in my mind every single day,” Dorn said. “My hope is that having you re-live it with me now will help shake this country from the nightmare we are witnessing in our cities and bring about positive, peaceful change.”
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