Brother of slain Indian-origin cop supports Trump |
Reggie Singh, the brother of Indian-origin policeman Ronil ``Ron`` Singh killed in California and described a national hero by Donald Trump, has said he supported the U.S. President`s efforts on border security so that others do not experience what his family has been going through since the incident. Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, of the Newman Police Department was shot and killed during a traffic stop on December 26 allegedly by an illegal immigrant.During a visit to the southern border state Texas to push for his controversial US-Mexico border wall plan, Mr. Trump attended a border patrol roundtable at McAllen, where Reggie Singh was seated next to the President. There the US President said, ``I watched a family right around Christmas time... suffer and I`d like to ask Mr. Reggie, maybe you could say a few words about your incredible brother, the job he was doing. He was so beloved by the people of the department and beyond the department. ``To this, Mr. Reggie Singh told the President, ``The way he (Ronil Singh) was killed, what my family is going through right now, I do not want any other family, law enforcement person to go through that. ``President Donald Trump recognizes Reggie Singh, brother of slain California police officer Cpl. Ronil Singh, at a roundtable on immigration and border security at U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station, during a visit to the southern border,recently , in McAllen, Texas.
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