Dear Mr. Trump,

I speak with whatever authority may be granted a former federal prosecutor with the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, United States Department of Justice – where for four years my primary focus was investigation and prosecution of allege police brutality:

Your rhetoric has encouraged violence against minorities.

Although you may not have had your own knee on the neck of George Floyd for more than eight minutes, you’ve had your knee and every other part of your body on the necks of people of color for long before you became president.

It’s your family’s Ku Klux Klan history.

It’s your urging execution of innocent black teenagers and refusing to apologize for your despicable conduct: “President Donald Trump refused Tuesday to apologize for the full-page ad he ran in 1989 calling for the execution of the Central Park Five and suggested the men might still be guilty, even though they were exonerated years ago.” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 2020.

It’s your hatred of people of color. Here are your own words: “of course I hate these people, let’s all hate these people.” Id.

It’s your sharing of racist tweets from white supremacist groups and pushing lies about allege black violence against whites.

And why have the Republicans in Congress allowed you to get away with this conduct? The answer is simple: they either agree with your racist views or are willing to tolerate them. By their silence, they are equally complicit in the death of George Floyd and others like him.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger