Hillary Clinton is getting used to police looking into her affairs. Now she wants to look into theirs and maybe get some backing. The Washington Post reports that Clinton is meeting with eight police chiefs and commissioners in an attempt to brush up on her law and order credentials.
The closed-door session comes at a sensitive time in relations between police and the communities they protect, as officers have recently been killed in targeted incidents in Dallas and Baton Rouge. At the same time, several high-profile police shootings of African Americans have also roiled the nation this summer, including this week in Milwaukee.
Clinton’s Republican opponent, Donald Trump, has cast himself as the “law and order” candidate in the race, including during a speech Tuesday in the predominantly white city of West Bend, Wis., about an hour outside of Milwaukee. Before that event, he met with local law enforcement officers.
Clinton has expressed some support for police but has also expressed support for Black Lives Matter, leading to criticism from supporters of police.



