President Donald Trump speaks at #IACP2019, says he is proud to be with law enforcement, the “people who I know, people who I love, people who I respect.” 
"He was a sick and depraved man and now he's dead. Dead. Dead as a door nail." - the president on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Trump recognizes AG Bill Barr who is attending #IACP2019. “Thank you, Bill. You’re doing a great job.”
"Bill Barr is doing a fantastic job," the president says before encouraging the audience to give him a round of applause. Trump says the AG will announce a crackdown on violent crime targeting gang members and drug traffickers. "We're going to be doing something very dramatic."
"We will always protect our Second Amendment, always." - Trump. The president then talks about rolling back regulations and says "no longer will federal bureaucrats micromanage local police."
Trump says "an attack on law enforcement is an attack on all of us," adding that "criminals who murder our police should get the death penalty." The president mentions bringing back the federal government's program providing surplus military equipment to local police agencies.
Trump called up acting DEA Administrator Uttam Dhillon to the stage at IACP and told him: "soon you will not be acting."
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