A Sea of Red in Minneapolis

Police supporters of Trump plan 'sea of red' at Minneapolis rally amid outrage over uniform ban

The Minneapolis Police Department denied a political motive, saying the shirt had been under consideration since early this year.

Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, said last week that when former President Bill Clinton made a public appearance to lobby for his crime bill in 1994, uniformed officers were part of the setting, with some there “against their will.”

Officers also wore uniforms in 2013, when President Barack Obama came to Minneapolis and spoke to an invitation-only audience about gun violence at the Police Department’s Special Operations Center in north Minneapolis.