'President Trump and I believe the men and women who serve in law enforcement...are some of the best people in this country,' Vice Pres. Mike Pence tells LinseyDavis about law enforcement in a wide-ranging interview on ABCNewsLive.
for allegedly endangering her neighbors in the March 13 shooting that killed Taylor, but after months of calls for justice in her case, no others officers involved in her killing were charged.Demonstrators gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the"Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march in support of racial justice that is expected to gather protestors from all over the country in Washington, Aug. 28, 2020.
Demonstrators gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the"Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march in support of racial justice that is expected to gather protestors from all over the country in Washington, Aug. 28, 2020. "What happened to Breonna Taylor was a tragedy," Pence said. Asked by Davis what he would say to protesters who are calling for systemic change, he shifted the question to the scenes of rioting and looting in some American cities, though the vast majority of those protesting racial injustice have been peaceful.
"We're going to stand with law enforcement," Pence said."We owe our Black families across this country nothing less than safety in our streets, and we're going to continue to work to advance that cause -- and remain very confident that when tragic circumstances arise that are, that justice will be served."
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