Warns "Ferguson type riots" will erupt elsewhere because of "weak leadership"

On Twitter he told followers, "Our country is totally fractured and, with our weak leadership in Washington, you can expect Ferguson type riots and looting in other places." Trump portrayed civil-rights protests as inevitable violence and blamed Obama’s response rather than police misconduct, reinforcing his emerging "law and order" brand.

"Our country is totally fractured and, with our weak leadership in Washington, you can expect Ferguson type riots and looting in other places." — Twitter, November 25, 2014