Atlanta Mayor: It Is Hard to Take Trump Seriously on Police Reform
President Donald Trump is looking to address calls to reform policing with his recently signed executive order . And Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) says she was “encouraged by the national database” in Trump’s…
President Donald Trump is looking to address calls to reform policing with his recently signed executive order.
And Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) says she was “encouraged by the national database” in Trump’s order that tracks police officers’ misconduct.
However, she noted that in Trump’s remarks on Tuesday, before he signed the order, he did not mention race or bias.
“I was encouraged by the national database,” she said, adding, “But then, Donald Trump got in the way of Donald Trump as he always does.”
“So, when you don’t mention race, and you don’t mention bias, and then you go on a rant about school choice, it’s hard to take him seriously in this moment,” she added.
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On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order that incentivizes police departments to implement stricter use of force policies and share information with other departments about officer misconduct.
During his remarks, he offered his sympathies to families who lost family members to police violence.