US President Donald Trump issued an order to improve policing Tuesday, calling for a ban on dangerous chokeholds, but he stopped well short of demands made at
Critics, including the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, derided his efforts.
"During this moment of national anguish, we must insist on bold change, not meekly surrender to the bare minimum."began by announcing he'd just met in private with families of several black people killed in encounters with the police.'s choice to keep the televised audience overwhelmingly white, male and focused on law enforcement representatives reinforced his main message.
A first wave of unrest began more than three weeks ago, after the May 25 death of George Floyd, an African-American man, in Minneapolis. 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.
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