On TV, at the Republican National Convention, and at rallies, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. has been one of Donald Trump's most forceful advocates during the presidential campaign. Now that Trump has won the presidency, thousands of people are protesting in the streets in cities across the U.S. — and in Los Angeles, they burned a piñata of Trump's head. Clarke had a message for them Thursday morning:
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