Trump called for a ban on dangerous choke holds, but he stopped well short of demands made at nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.
A highlight of Trump’s proposals, which he said could be complemented by legislation being negotiated in the Republican-controlled Senate, was ending choke holds “except if an officer’s life is at risk,” he said.Critics, including the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, derided his efforts.
Democrats and civil rights groups say that full-scale rethinking of police culture, and even cuts in police funding, are needed to bring necessary change. 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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