Critics say rethinking of cop culture, even cuts in funding, are needed to bring change. FMTNews
New York police officers watch over protesters gathered near Trump Tower on Friday.
The president has limited power over policing, which is run mostly at a state and local level. However, Trump said that he would use access to federal funding grants as leverage to persuade departments “to adopt the highest professional standards.” “The president’s weak executive order falls sadly and seriously short of what is required to combat the epidemic of racial injustice and police brutality,” she said in a statement.
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. The Black Lives Matter movement has spun off into attacks by activists against statues commemorating figures from colonial and slavery eras.
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