FiveThirtyEight
Geoffrey Skelley

Ryan Holets, a police officer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, speaks of his adoption of a baby of a drug addict, who is now recovering. This segment seems to both be a play at promoting Trump’s efforts to help fight the opioid crisis in the U.S. but also, more subtly, a way to buoy attitudes toward the police by focusing on a police officer with a very moving story at a time when views of the police have been more politicized as the country deals with systemic racism in policing.


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