<p>US President Donald Trump said the controversial chokehold method used by some US police to restrain suspects should "generally" be banned, but may be needed in dangerous situations.</p>.<p>"If a police officer is in a bad scuffle and he's got somebody... you have to be careful," Trump said in an interview on Fox News that aired Friday.</p>.<p>Trump said "the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent, so perfect."</p>.<p>However, banning such chokeholds -- a major demand of protesters around the country outraged by the death in police custody of George Floyd after an officer kneeled on his neck -- would be good, "generally speaking," Trump told Fox News.</p>.<p>He said he might make "very strong recommendations" to local authorities.</p>.<p>In the interview recorded Thursday, Trump was responding to calls from around the country for police to be stopped from applying pressure to the neck during arrests.</p>.<p>The technique can safely incapacitate, but also risks killing a suspect.</p>.<p>Floyd died in Minneapolis while a police officer remained on his neck for nearly nine minutes, ignoring the dying man's plea that he couldn't breathe.</p>.<p>The Midwestern city has now agreed to ban chokeholds.</p>.<p>In New York, another unarmed African-American, Eric Garner, died in 2014 after a police officer put him in a chokehold during the arrest.</p>.<p>Asked about the protests against police brutality, Trump said he wanted to "see really compassionate but strong law enforcement."</p>.<p>"Toughness is sometimes the most compassionate," he said.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump said the controversial chokehold method used by some US police to restrain suspects should "generally" be banned, but may be needed in dangerous situations.</p>.<p>"If a police officer is in a bad scuffle and he's got somebody... you have to be careful," Trump said in an interview on Fox News that aired Friday.</p>.<p>Trump said "the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent, so perfect."</p>.<p>However, banning such chokeholds -- a major demand of protesters around the country outraged by the death in police custody of George Floyd after an officer kneeled on his neck -- would be good, "generally speaking," Trump told Fox News.</p>.<p>He said he might make "very strong recommendations" to local authorities.</p>.<p>In the interview recorded Thursday, Trump was responding to calls from around the country for police to be stopped from applying pressure to the neck during arrests.</p>.<p>The technique can safely incapacitate, but also risks killing a suspect.</p>.<p>Floyd died in Minneapolis while a police officer remained on his neck for nearly nine minutes, ignoring the dying man's plea that he couldn't breathe.</p>.<p>The Midwestern city has now agreed to ban chokeholds.</p>.<p>In New York, another unarmed African-American, Eric Garner, died in 2014 after a police officer put him in a chokehold during the arrest.</p>.<p>Asked about the protests against police brutality, Trump said he wanted to "see really compassionate but strong law enforcement."</p>.<p>"Toughness is sometimes the most compassionate," he said.</p>