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Fox News' Tomi Lahren told officers at a policing conference that prominent police killings could have been avoided if people 'would just comply'

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Tomi Lahren in Pasadena, California.Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP
  • Tomi Lahren was among several who spoke at a police training conference in Atlantic City in October.

  • Lahren described Black Lives Matter as "thugs, felons, and criminals" and as a "terrorist organization."

  • She went on to say police shootings could be avoided if people "would just comply with police."

Fox News personality Tomi Lahren told police officers that significant numbers of police brutality cases could have been avoided "if people would just comply with police, would follow orders, and not resist arrest."

The Washington Post reported that Lahren, a political commentator for the Fox Nation shows "Final Thoughts" and "No Interruption," made the comments in October at the Street Cop Training Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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More than 1,000 police officers from departments across New Jersey and other states attended the conference, The Post reported. During her speech, Lahren described Black Lives Matter as "thugs, felons, and criminals" and a "terrorist organization."

"If I'm wrong, please point it out," Lahren said, according to a sound clip of her remarks shared by The Post. "But all these major headline incidents that we've had in this country involving law enforcement in the last, at least, five years could have all been prevented if people would just comply with police, would follow orders, and not resist arrest."

The audience can be heard applauding and cheering in the clip.