Friday was such a busy news day, with the Priebus vs. Scaramucci saga culminating in a decisive KO by the Mooch, that it was easy to miss a story that would have been headline news on any other day or during any other presidency. In a speech to law enforcement, Donald Trump suggested that he was just fine with a bit of police brutality.

During his remarks in Brentwood, New York, a town that's seen 17 MS-13 related murders in the last 18 months, Trump urged officers not to be gentle when handling suspects.

"When you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, and I said, 'Please don't be too nice,' Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don't hit their head and they've just killed somebody, don't hit their head, I said, 'You can take the hand away, OK?'

(Trump wasn't even the first to make the observation about cops protecting suspects' heads—as Slate points out, it's strikingly similar to an old Seinfeld bit. )

Though the comments played terrifyingly well with officers in the crowd, many of whom laughed and clapped, the local police department later tacitly disavowed Trump's remarks via Twitter.

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As a department, we do not and will not tolerate roughing up of prisoners. — Suffolk County PD (@SCPDHq) July 28, 2017

And other police departments followed. Some even called Trump out personally.

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The @POTUS made remarks today that endorsed and condoned police brutality.



GPD rejects these remarks and continues to serve with respect. — gainesvillepd (@GainesvillePD) July 29, 2017

Even the largest police force in the country joined in.

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READ: The NYPD has responded to Trump's remarks encouraging police to rough up people they arrest. pic.twitter.com/9nMIkB3UTE — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 29, 2017

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