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Even though he's a Dem, he needs to be part of any Trump administration.
Used to be a time when having a (D) or even an (R) after their name wasn't automatically a Designation of Stupidity and Cowardice.
Rizzo joined the Philadelphia Police Department in the 1940s, rising through the ranks to become police commissioner in 1967.[1] He served in that role during the turbulent years of 1967 to 1971, garnering a reputation as a tough, hands-on commissioner.In many respects, Rizzo was not a typical commissioner. He sometimes quarreled with the city's mayor, James H. J. Tate. He was boisterous and brooding, particularly to media. A biography of Rizzo, with an introduction written by future police commissioner John Timoney, recounted: "Of one group of anti-police demonstrators, he is reported to have said, 'When I'm finished with them, I'll make Attila the Hun look like a fag.'"
During Rizzo's tenure as division captain and commissioner, critics often charged that he was racially motivated, targeting activities in African-American neighborhoods. But his looming presence during the Columbia Avenue riots in 1968 is credited by many for limiting looting and violence.
