Tyler Perry: ‘We need more police’

07/31/2020 World


Actor and director Tyler Perry said Wednesday night that he does not support “taking money from the police department,” and the media mogul added that he believes “we need more police” amid calls to disburse departments across the country. .

“You must understand this: I am not here to take money from the police department. I think we need more cops, “Perry told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“My studio is in a neighborhood where I think we need police. But we don’t need untrained police,” he added. Perry’s studio, one of the largest in the world, is located in Atlanta, at the former Army base at Fort McPherson.

“I think we need the police. I know I need the police. I have several that work for me here in the studio, “said the 50-year-old star.” We need them. But we need them reformed. We need them well trained, we need the right structure. “

“I really understand some of the things that lie within the removal of police funds. Like having clinically trained officers to handle certain situations. I think all of those things are helpful, but taking money from the police department to make the department Police is smaller, that worries me, “he continued.

Perry also said he believes the mass protests and movement that followed George Floyd’s police death in May have been “hijacked” by other political groups and parties.

“I became very, very optimistic when everyone joined, because I know that is when the change comes. When people galvanize and unite, that’s when change happens, “he explained. “But lately, I have been very, very concerned that the message is being hijacked by other groups, or political announcements and parties that are trying to stop the message of what we are asking for here is a police reform.”

The debate over the elimination of police departments and the redirection of that money has become one of the central themes of the 2020 race between President TrumpDonald John Trump Governor Approval Rates Drop As COVID-19 Cases Rise Gohmert Says He Will Take Hydroxychloroquine As Treatment For Virginia Governor COVID-19, Senators Seek CDC Help With Coronavirus Outbreak In Center immigration detention MORE and presumed Democratic candidate Joe BidenJoe Biden The timeline for the Republican Party’s Obama investigation report slips as the president pays attention to Hillicon Valley subpoenas: House panel quizzes tech CEOs during long-awaited antikopoly hearing TikTok to make public the code as it rejects ‘disinformation’ | Intel House panel expands access to evidence of foreign disinformation Editorial board of Texas’ leading newspaper warns Trump is losing support due to pandemic MORE, with the incumbent interpreting himself as president of law and order and Biden positioning himself as a unifier.

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