Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers made remarks last week that he is taking a lot of heat for.
In a legislative hearing, Chambers compared police in America to ISIS and said that if he had a gun he would "shoot first and then ask questions later."
"My ISIS is the police," Chambers, who is an independent, said,
He made the comparison on the grounds that he believes American police "terrorize blacks every day," Deena Winter of Fox News wrote.
"Nobody from ISIS ever terrorized us as a people as the police do us daily," he said.
Chambers went on to explain that if he were to have a gun he would worry about defending himself against police, not any kind of outside group.
"I wouldn't go to Syria, I wouldn't go to Iraq, I wouldn't go to Afghanistan, I wouldn't go to Yemen, I wouldn't go to Tunisia, I wouldn't go to Lebanon, I wouldn't go to Jordan, I would do it right here," he said. "If I was going to carry a weapon, it wouldn't be against you, it wouldn't be against these people who come here that I might have a dispute with. Mine would be for the police.
"And if I carried a gun I'd want to shoot him first and then ask questions later, like they say the cop ought to do."
Chambers is the longest serving senator in Nebraska. His constituents in Omaha are no strangers to crime, even ones involving local law enforcement. As recently as 2013, tensions were high between the city's citizens and police.
"In March 2013... police threw a man to the ground and pummeled him while 32 police officers stormed a home across the street, in response to a parking complaint. Four police officers were fired amid allegations of excessive force, evidence tampering and a police cover-up," Fox news reported.
