PEACEFUL SWEDEN – AT 1:24 P.M. ET:   President Trump was ridiculed over the weekend for comments he made about problems with immigrants in Sweden.  Uh, maybe he was right, yuh know?  From AP:

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Swedish police on Tuesday were investigating a riot that broke out overnight in a predominantly immigrant suburb in Stockholm after officers arrested a suspect on drug charges.

The clashes started late Monday when a police car arrested a suspect and people started throwing stones at them in Rinkeby, north of Stockholm. Unidentified people, including some wearing masks, also set cars on fire and looted shops.

One officer was slightly injured when a rock hit his arm and one person was arrested for throwing rocks, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said Tuesday. Some civilians who tried to stop the looters were also assaulted, he added.

Another officer fired his gun, not as a warning shot but because he was "in a situation that demanded he used his firearm," Bystrom said, adding "no one was hit."

He declined to give further details, saying the episode would be investigated.

Police were investigating three cases of violent rioting, assaulting a police officer, two assaults, vandalism and aggravated thefts, he said.

COMMENT:  In fact, Sweden has been troubled for years by immigrant crime.  In its third largest city, Malmo, firemen often need police escorts when they go into immigrant areas because the residents attack the firemen.  There have been a number of reports stating that women who are sexually assaulted are pressured into not reporting the crimes because the reports would hurt "multiculturalism."

The president wasn't wrong.  As usual, his comments were gruff and poorly stated.  But he wasn't wrong.  Sweden, like many countries in Europe, is in trouble because of a loose, starry-eyed immigration policy.

February 21, 2017