White House teases Trump executive order on policing reform but details are vague
engage in misconduct and respond to nonviolent calls with the help of social workers, according to senior officials in his administration.
The administration did not plan to take money away from police agencies or"do anything that would seem like we're trying to defund" police, one official said. Among them, according to Merritt, were relatives of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was killed while jogging in Georgia this year; Botham Jean, a black man killed by a police officer in his own apartment in Texas in 2018; and Antwon Rose, a black teenager killed by police in 2018.
Trump said last week that the order would"encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards for the use of force, including tactics for de-escalation." "There are several principles that have been discussed," senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said."Obviously, the president's been listening to many different people across the aisle and across the country."
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