President Donald Trump's executive order on police reform doesn't go far enough, Ahmaud Arbery’s mother told “CNN Tonight,” adding that it would not have influenced her son's case.
Arbery, who was black, was shot and killed while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, in February. A former police officer and his son, who are white, were arrested last month and face state charges of felony murder and aggravated assault in the incident.
"I didn't think that order addresses anything that concerns Ahmaud's case at all," Wanda Cooper-Jones said.
Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that establishes a federal database of police officers with a history of using excessive force, enacts some reforms to train police and attempts to reduce the police's use of excessive force.
Shortly before the signing, Trump met privately with Cooper-Jones and other families who had lost relatives to police violence and other cases of racial profiling.
Cooper-Jones told CNN that she "didn't have high expectations" headed into the meeting but wanted to learn more about the executive order.
She added that “I was really attentive, because I wanted answers. I wanted him to hear my voice."
Cooper-Jones described her encounter with Trump and the families of other victims as "very, very emotional" and said the president was "very compassionate" and said he "showed major concerns for all families, not just one family."
She added that Trump assured “each family member that we would and should expect change."
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