介绍:
Charles H. Rose III，美国斯泰森大学法学教授。
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced several initiatives to restore trust in policing.
Obama has also allocated a budget towards police training and equipment.
The proposals come after a week-long unrest across the country which resulted from the no-indictment decision in the case of the Ferguson police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man in August.
Our Washington chief correspondent Xiaohong has more.
Reporter:
President Obama spent the whole day Monday for meetings with his Cabinet members, civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials at the White House.
(Act 1, 1201 Obama 1, in English)
"I think Ferguson laid there a problem that is not unique to St. Louis or that area, and is not unique to our time. And that is a simmering distrust that exist between too many police departments and too many communities of color."
Responding to the crisis, the President requested over 260 million U.S. dollars to improve police training across the country. He also suggested to equip the police with some 50,000 body cameras. He will also sign an executive order to mandate federal agencies review the way they provide local police departments with heavy military-style equipment like tanks and aircraft.
President Obama promised to make a difference this time.
(Act 2, 1201 Obama 2, in English)
"I think there is a maturity of the conversation right now that can lead us to actually get some concreate results. And in the two years I have remaining as president, I'm going to make sure we follow through."
Outside the White House, protesters walked out of work or school Monday from coast to coast to honor Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed this summer by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
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