“You know I am pro-police folks, I think we need the police, we need their service, and they do a good job, but if they don’t stop this onslaught, they cannot do this,” said Mr Robertson. The evangelist, known for his ultraconservative views, then brought up the traffic stop in Virginia that led to Army Lt Caron Nazario being pepper-sprayed by officers. He also referred to the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “You know, the police in Virginia picked up a lieutenant in the Army and began to give him trouble, and our state police are highly trained, but why they don’t stop this?” said Mr Robertson. “And this thing that’s going on in Minnesota with Derek Chauvin. I mean they ought to put him under the jail.” The televangelist continued: “He has caused so much trouble by kneeling on the death of George Floyd, I mean his neck, it’s just terrible what’s happening.” He added: “The police, why don’t they open their eyes to what the public relations are, they’ve got to stop this stuff.”