U.S. President Trump flatly denied the existence of
institutional racism in the U.S., but went on to contradict himself by
acknowledging the need for racial healing.
But he warned that there won’t be healing in the U.S. “by
falsely labelling tens of millions of decent Americans as racist.”
Trump was speaking in Dallas, Texas today, ahead of a fund
raising dinner for his November election campaign.
He announced what he called a broad four-part plan on
Thursday to improve policing nationwide and improve conditions in minority
communities.
He called the vision “force with compassion”, that will not allow liberals to defund police departments.
However, he did not invite three top African-American law
enforcers to his discussion on policing.
At a megachurch in Dallas, Mr. Trump said he’ll sign an
executive order soon requiring police departments to meet high professional
standards for the use of force.
This will include tactics for de-escalating confrontations.
It will also include pilot programmes to allow social
workers to join certain law enforcement officers “so they can work together,”
he said.
“That means force, but force with compassion,” the president
said.
“We’re not defunding police. If anything, we’re going the
other route.
” We’re going to make sure our police are well-trained.”
He said he’ll renew his call on Congress to approve school
choice, calling it “the civil rights issue of our time.”
Trump also promised increased investment in minority
communities, as well as health care institutions that serve mostly
minorities.—Washington Times
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Thumbs up for this decision. I agree with the US President that rather than defund the police, a re-orientation or reorganisation will be the better option.
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