US President Donald Trump praised US police departments, dismissing police violence against black citizens, saying that "more white skinned people" were killed by police officers.
In statements to reporters at the White House, Trump defended the police departments, saying that they are "doing a wonderful job in this country."
During an interview published excerpts of them yesterday, Tuesday, a CBS journalist asked the American President the following question: "Why are African Americans still dying at the hands of the police forces in this country?" And the American president replied, "The whites too, the whites too."
And what a terrible question, Trump said, the whites also (die), in fact, the whites (who die) are more numerous.
The death of African-American American George Floyd on May 25, as a result of police violence in Minneapolis, sparked protests across the United States, and led to an increased focus on American police violence against black citizens.
In the same remarks, President Trump described Floyd's death as "terrible."
Shock and moves
The death of blacks at the hands of white police officers - as happened with Floyd - is often shocking in the United States, leading to the "Life of the Blacks important" movement.
The United States does not have a national database of police officers involved in the deaths of people during the arrest.
A Washington Post update analyzed Monday said that half of the people killed by the police were white citizens, but black Americans were shot at a disproportionate rate.
According to the newspaper’s analysis, they are less than 13 percent of the US population, but they are twice more likely to be killed by police than white Americans.
For his part, described Jeffrey Robinson - of the American Civil Liberties Union - in a statement, Trump's statements as racist.
"Trump's racism is so absolute that he continues to refuse to make - even if by implicit recognition - police violence that is rampant against black citizens in America," he said.