US President Donald Trump to sign executive order on police reform

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order on police reform on Tuesday, amid growing calls for action against police brutality and racism.

"The overall goal is we want law and order and we want it done fairly, justly. We want it done safely," Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.

"This is about law and order, but it's about justice also," he said.

The move comes amid the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality following the May 25 death of the unarmed African-American man, George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, reports Xinhua news agency.

The calls have intensified after a white police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old African-American man, in Atlanta, Georgia June 12.

"The trust that we have with the police force is broken and the only way to heal some of these wounds is through a conviction and a drastic change with the police department," Brooks's cousin said on Monday.

Asked about the Brooks case on Monday afternoon, Trump called it "very disturbing".

"I thought it was a terrible situation," he said. "I studied it closely. I'm going to get some reports done today, very strong reports, and we'll have a little more to say about it tomorrow."

Brooks was shot twice in the back and died from organ damage and blood loss from the wounds, the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said in a statement on Sunday. (IANS)

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