Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence says there is too much focus on “institutional racism and institutional bias” in the wake of police shootings like those in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., this week.
“We ought to set aside this talk, this talk about institutional racism and institutional bias,” Pence said Thursday at a roundtable of pastors in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to Politico.
“Police officers are human beings,” he said earlier in the event. “And in difficult and life-threatening situations, mistakes are made and people have to be held to strict account, but we both believe that it’s important that we have a president who, as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, stands behind the men and women who serve in law enforcement.”