U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting at the White House on June 10 in Washington. Doug Mills/Pool/Getty ImagesPresident Trump said “in general” he supports a ban on choke holds for police officers, but that in some cases they may be necessary. “I don't like chokeholds,” the President said during an interview with Fox News that aired Friday. I mean, we have some real bad people.”“You’ve got somebody in a chokehold, what are you going to do?,” Trump continued. “Let go and say, ‘let's start over, I’m not allowed to have you in a chokehold?’ it's a tough situation.”“I think the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent and so perfect.

Source: CNN June 12, 2020 17:37 UTC