A highlight of Trump's proposals was ending choke holds 'except if an officer's life is at risk'.
Surrounded by members of law enforcement, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he signed on Safe Policing for Safe Communities during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed an executive order on police reform amid the growing calls after the death of George Floyd.
His executive order encourages de-escalation training, better recruitment, sharing of data on police who have bad records, and money to support police in complicated duties related to people with mental or drug issues. “Americans know the truth: without police, there is chaos, without law, there is anarchy and without safety, there is catastrophe,” Trump said.
“While the president has finally acknowledged the need for policing reform, one modest executive order will not make up for his years of inflammatory rhetoric and policies designed to roll back the progress made in previous years,” said the top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. New tension erupted last week after the death in Atlanta, Georgia, of Rayshard Brooks, another African American whom police say was shot in the back as he ran away from arresting officers, having grabbed one of their tasers and aimed it at them.
But Trump has struck a hardline tone throughout the tense period, sparking uproar even from his own party with his warning that he could send federal troops to cities unable to control the crowds.
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