U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting at the White House on June 10 in Washington. Image of Doug Mills / Pool / Getty
President Trump said “in general” he supported a ban on clutches for police officers, but in some cases they might be needed.
“I don’t like chokeholds,” the president said in an interview with Fox News which was broadcast on Friday. “I will say this, as someone who – you grow and you wrestle and you fight, or you see what happens, sometimes if you are alone and fight with someone, it is difficult. And you get someone in chokehold, what will you do? And that is a really bad person, and you know that, and they do exist. I mean, we have some bad people. “
“You have someone in Chokehold, what will you do,” Trump continued. “Let go and say,” let’s start from the beginning, am I not allowed to put you in a chokehold state? “This is a difficult situation.”
“I think the concept of chokeholds sounds very plain and perfect. If it’s two against one, that’s a bit of a different story, it depends, “he said. “I think it would be a very good thing, in general, it must end.”
Regulations regarding police officers who carry out chokehold can be local, the President said, but the federal government, “can certainly make recommendations, and very strong recommendations.”
The President’s comments came as Democrats and Republicans in Congress were working on legislative proposals aimed at curbing police brutality and violations. The best republic in the US House of Representatives said Thursday he will support the chokehold ban, a proposal currently included in the draft Democratic Bill.
