Trump holds meeting with law enforcement officials, opposes demand for police defunding

US President Donald Trump, during a meeting with law enforcement officials in White House on Monday, clarified that re will t be defunding of police force. Speaking against growing demands of activists and protestors to 'Defund Police', Trump said that re will be such drastic moves.  

Citing tragic death of George Floyd, Trump furr told officials, "We want to make sure we don't have any bad actors in re. Sometimes you'll see some horrible things as we witnessed recently, but let's go with 99% of m are great, great people."

According to Trump, all those cities which are considering defunding and dismantling police forces are going to be in a very "sad situation" because people are t going to be protected. 

Meanwhile, taking to Twitter, Trump stated that this year has seen lowest number of crimes in country. He furr added that he wants "Law and Order".  protestors and activists who are demonstrating against police brutality that lead to tragic death of George Floyd have been calling for defunding of police force in country. 

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Biden opposes Defunding police

Meanwhile, Democratic candidate for US 2020 Elections Joe Biden on Monday has also opposed  demands to 'Defunding police'. Speaking to an international media, Biden made it clear that he does t support defunding of police force but instead is in favour of conditioning federal aid to police -- based on wher or t y meet certain basic standards of decency and horableness.

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George Floyd's Death

George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died in Minneapolis earlier last week. As per reports, Floyd was arrested by local police for unspecified charges on May 26. A tussle is said to have broken out between George Floyd and police officials, which resulted in Floyd’s death after being subdued for several minutes by an officer. 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.

George Floyd's death has triggered mass unrest in various parts of US. 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 third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

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