'Back the blue! Back the blue!' Trump roots for police despite history of stiffing them

As the crowd of delegates chanted “Back the blue! Back the blue!” on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump flashed a thumbs up at Republican National Convention speaker Randy Sutton, a retired law enforcement officer who founded a nonprofit benefiting wounded cops.

Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has leaned heavily into his public support of the police recently.

He publicly thanked law enforcement for their response when a gunman attempted to assassinate him in Butler...