Trump says chokeholds sound 'innocent and perfect', cites scenario where cops might use it

Even as anti-racism protests continue to rav  United States, Donald Trump has sparked ar controversy by making comments on chokeholds, calling m “so incent and so perfect”.

Trump, in an interview with an international media outlet, said that he doesn't like chokeholds and that y should be ended but he also gave a scenario in which a police officer could be alone and fighting, thus justifying chokehold move.

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"Sometimes if you're alone, and you're fighting someone who is tough, and you get somebody in a chokehold. What you gonna do w? Let go and say: 'Oh let's start all over again?' I'm t allowed to have you in a chokehold,'" Trump said.

“I think concept of chokeholds sounds so incent, so perfect. And n you, realize if it's a one-on-one ... if a police officer is in a b scuffle and he's got somebody... So you have to be very careful." “With that being said, it would be, I think, a very good thing that, generally speaking, it should be ended," said US President while giving a situation in which a police officer might have to use a chokehold instinctively without worrying if it's legal or banned.

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Trump was discussing chokehold as police tactic has w come under fresh scrutiny in wake of George Floyd's tragic death. chokehold has become a symbol of police brutality and it has been repeatedly demanded by demonstrators to ban move, even though it was t used by police in George Floyd's case. A chokehold is a tactic in which an officer puts his or her arm around neck of a suspect, blocking airflow.

Trump has also decided to hold a rally on June 19 to mark celebration of end of slavery of African Americans. However, he picked a city kwn for a historic massacre of African Americans.

George Floyd's death

George Floyd's death has triggered mass unrest in various parts of US. In a video that went viral on internet, officer was seen pressing his knee against Floyd's neck who was seen gasping for air before turning motionless. As per reports, police officer Derek Chauvin and three or officers - Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng - were later fired by Minneapolis Police Department. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder.

Thousands of American citizens have hit streets in protest against racial discrimination and injustice. However, protest later took a turn for worse with several incidents of vandalism, looting and riots as protestors barged into stores, malls and shops damd places and looted m in name of protests.

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