Amid boiling racial tensions, Trump praises US police, rejects protesters’ cries of racism

US President Donald Trump on Thursday rebooted his flagging re-election campaign with a speech starkly rejecting nationwide protesters’ claims of police racism, saying only a “few bad apples” are to blame.Far from reaching out to demonstrators’ searing anger, he offered only a vague proposal to “encourage” officers to meet “the most current professional standards for the use of force.”“You always have a bad apple, no matter where you go,” said Trump, who is making law and order a new keystone…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3088701/amid-boiling-racial-tensions-trump-praises-us