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The attorney representing Ahmaud Arbery‘s family said there was no “photo op” at the White House during the president’s executive order for police reform at the White House on Tuesday.
Lee Merritt tweeted a photo of him with Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, in addressing a report that civil rights leaders took umbrage at a late-night call requesting they be present when Donald Trump signed the executive order.
Original story:
Donald Trump, who would never dare to positively utter the words “Black Lives Matter,” found himself caring about Black lives on Tuesday when he wanted some of them on display for a “photo op” during his scheduled signing of an executive order for police reform, according to a new report.
The executive order is supposed to address police reform, so it was curious why Trump reportedly wanted Arbery’s family there at all.
While the local police department seemed to be involved in trying to coverup Arbery’s killing, the people who shot him were not members of law enforcement and therefore would not be subject to any of the supposed “comprehensive” reform Trump said he would sign into effect on Tuesday.
