Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe, in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 25, 2020. The incident has sparked outrage, which has fueled the movement to overhaul police procedures, including limiting legal protections for police, creating a national database of excessive-force encounters, and banning the use of chokeholds. All officers involved in Floyd’s death have been arrested and charged with crimes. The president’s remarks about miscreants on the force come after weeks of protests, some of which have resulted in violent riots, following the police-custody death of George Floyd. Los Angeles Police Department commander Cory Palka stands among several destroyed police cars in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 30, 2020. “Our police have been letting us live in peace, and we want to make sure we don’t have any bad actors in there,” Trump said, adding that he believes “99 percent” of officers are “great people. The president sought to set the record straight on cases of misconduct by police, saying that the actions of several “bad actors” were limited in scope and should not taint the accomplishments of broader law enforcement structures. There won’t be dismantling of our police, and there’s not going to be any disbanding of our police,” he said. Trump said pointedly he opposed efforts to cut funding to police departments. I’m very proud of that,” Trump said, adding, “They protect people, risk their own lives for people they’ve never seen before-people, in many cases, they don’t know.” It’s because we have great law enforcement. Speaking at a meeting with law enforcement officials and officers at the White House, Trump praised police for the nation’s low crime numbers and acknowledged their service. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr on Monday spoke out against the “defund the police” movement, a multi-hued effort that in its extreme application proposes disbanding police departments entirely in favor of ill-defined alternatives.

As originally published in The Epoch Times

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