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This is the message Trump can win on, he's a quick learner we all know that.
Support good cops, get rid of the bad ones. Trump can support civil liberties and listen to people. He knows the world isn't fair all the time, but ones constitutional rights must never be spit on, let alone lead to death when handcuffed.
There is no way around it, the world is changing with video cameras, youtube, social media, a much smaller world where even in Canada we see British police and say "how come they have so few deaths by the hands of cops?". The days of old are over and it will be reflected in policing and budgets, one way or another.
Besides, men and women in uniform, at least in Canada; are far less the problem than those operating with impunity undercover. They have no need to be so reckless when it can be done more reasonably (where possible).
Trump says he wants to see policing done in a 'more gentle fashion'
President Trump said Monday during a roundtable with law enforcement he’s going to discuss ideas to see how policing can be done in “a much more gentle fashion.”
“We’re going to work and we’re going to talk about ideas, how we can do it better and how we can do it, if possible, in a much more gentle fashion,” the president said. “A thing like what happened should never have happened, and plenty of things shouldn’t have happened.”
Trump said that the country could not give up the “finest law enforcement anywhere in the world.”
“We won’t be defunding our police,” he added. “I guess you might have some cities who want to try.”
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president believed there were “instances of racism” within the police force but that most cops have been “good people.”
When asked what the president thought of the “Justice in Policing” Act unveiled by Democrats, McEnany said Trump hadn’t reviewed it but was looking into options of police reform. However, she added that ending “qualified immunity” protecting police from lawsuits was off the table.
Support good cops, get rid of the bad ones. Trump can support civil liberties and listen to people. He knows the world isn't fair all the time, but ones constitutional rights must never be spit on, let alone lead to death when handcuffed.
There is no way around it, the world is changing with video cameras, youtube, social media, a much smaller world where even in Canada we see British police and say "how come they have so few deaths by the hands of cops?". The days of old are over and it will be reflected in policing and budgets, one way or another.
Besides, men and women in uniform, at least in Canada; are far less the problem than those operating with impunity undercover. They have no need to be so reckless when it can be done more reasonably (where possible).
Trump says he wants to see policing done in a 'more gentle fashion'
President Trump said Monday during a roundtable with law enforcement he’s going to discuss ideas to see how policing can be done in “a much more gentle fashion.”
“We’re going to work and we’re going to talk about ideas, how we can do it better and how we can do it, if possible, in a much more gentle fashion,” the president said. “A thing like what happened should never have happened, and plenty of things shouldn’t have happened.”
Trump said that the country could not give up the “finest law enforcement anywhere in the world.”
“We won’t be defunding our police,” he added. “I guess you might have some cities who want to try.”
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president believed there were “instances of racism” within the police force but that most cops have been “good people.”
When asked what the president thought of the “Justice in Policing” Act unveiled by Democrats, McEnany said Trump hadn’t reviewed it but was looking into options of police reform. However, she added that ending “qualified immunity” protecting police from lawsuits was off the table.
