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On 16 September 2016 the largest police union in the United States, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), announced their endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Four days later Trump disgruntled a good many police when, during a campaign event at the New Spirit Revival Center in Ohio, he suggested that Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby — who had just been involved in the controversial fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher — had erred because she was scared or choking: This turn of events led to claims circulated via social media that the FOP had retracted their endorsement of Trump: Although the FOP's executive director chided Trump over his remarks, the police union did not actually withdraw its endorsement of the GOP candidate:
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