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Donald trump has proposed a reform of the American police.

President of the United States Donald trump announced the decree, which was, on the one hand, to reform the police and thus respond to the demands of the protesters, and with another — not to cause irritation of the guards. Kommersant learned of the presidential initiative.

“to Deprive the police of funding!” — a slogan is more often heard at protests that have unfolded in the United States after the death of a black American George Floyd. A new decree signed by Donald trump, as if to spite the protesters have police money not to deprive, but rather to provide additional funds to those departments in law enforcement that follow “best practices”.

“We need to find a compromise, but I stand firmly against the radical and dangerous attempts to deprive money or to disband our police departments,” — said the head of state, promised the country “a secure future for Americans of all races, religions, skin colors and beliefs.” “Americans believe that we should support our brave men and women in blue who protect our streets and our safety,” said trump.

This will allow to avoid situations when an employee moves from one Department to another, starting a career “from scratch”. In addition, the police are strongly advised to bring social workers to the challenges associated with drug users, homeless or mentally ill people.

the Decree was developed in close contact with police officials, mayors, conservative African Americans, religious figures and families of victims of police violence. During the signing, however, all of this impressive list of the President surrounded by only police. It is remarkable that in the decree of Donald trump does not say about the different approach of the police to work with white and black U.S. residents, which is somewhat at odds with the democratic vision of the situation. That is the President believes that the problem is not in the system, which is based on racial prejudice, and that the killing of innocent people at the hands of dishonest employees.

the Ending speech, the President urged lawmakers to continue work and to engage a deeper reform of the law enforcement system of the country.

Such work is already underway: a week ago, the us Democrats submitted a bill “On the justice policing in 2020.” It proposes not only to create a national database of police misconduct, but also to prevent suffocating grips (about the same, however, mentioned Donald trump) and searches without warning in cases of drug offences and to put an end to so-called racial profiling — the detention��, searches and classification number of suspects solely on the basis of race or ethnic origin. There is different from the President’s approach: Democrats have been found guilty of the excesses of the it system and not the “bad cops”.

Provided for the item even eliminates the “qualified immunity” police: now they can be charged if their actions were aimed at “willful” violation of the constitutional rights of the citizen. The bill proposes to use a different formulation: “conscious (violation.— “B”), or admitted due gross negligence”.

“the Martyrdom of George Floyd forced American society to experience a moment of national grief, and today we mourn the black Americans who fell victim to police brutality. This moment turns into a movement, the movement of national action,” — said the informal Democratic party leader Nancy Pelosi.

in Presenting his bill, the Democrats did not, however, something that did not consult with Republicans — they do not even notified about their intentions. Criticism from the ranks of conservatives mainly concerned the elimination of “conditional immunity”: this measure was seen as hostile to the guards. “Democrats want to deprive you of funding, but the Republicans will never betray you,” he wrote on Twitter, Republican minority leader of the house of representatives Kevin McCarthy.

it is Worth noting that the Republicans and Donald trump continue to argue that the Democratic party wants to deprive the police of funding, however, this position is expressed only radical leftists from among the protesters, and not Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden — the most likely democratic presidential candidate — it does not support.

Do the Republicans also promise to soon introduce its own bill designed to rectify the situation with police violence. He, like the decree in the first place gives priority in solving the problems at the state level. “That is why we have tried to find best practices across the country and make appropriate recommendations to departments that require a more qualitative perspective on the question of the use of force. In the law it is, but I don’t think we ever write in the law a clear standard for the use of force”, — promised the only black man Republican Senator Tim Scott, criticizing the Democrats.

Alexey Naumov