Donald Trump considers Oakland, Calif., and Ferguson, Mo., to be some of the most dangerous places in the world.
The presumed Republican presidential nominee at first answered jokingly, “Brooklyn,” when asked in a New York Times interview about the most dangerous place he’s ever visited.
Then he said, more seriously, “No, there are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously.”
Oakland was one of the earlier cities that became part of the national spotlight of police brutality. Oscar Grant was a 22-year-old black male fatally shot by a white BART Police officer on New Year’s Day 2009. That shooting became the subject of the critically acclaimed film “Fruitvale Station.”
Civil unrest broke out in Ferguson in 2014 after a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an 18-ear-old unarmed black male.
Also in the interview, published Wednesday, Trump said he’s “Never!” been to Iraq, but allegedly was horrified by the thought.
