Aside from debunking reports about the exercise of systemic racism throughout the country's police forces, National security adviser Robert O'Brien said a few bad apples are making it look like racism exists among law enforcement officers. Responding to CNN's Jake Tapper question about the existence of racism among police agencies on State of the Union, O'Brien noted that a lot of law enforcement officers are African American, Asian, Hispanic, who is managing the hardest-to-deal with the neighborhood, adding that they got the country's hardest jobs and they are amazing great Americans.

He also admitted that some bad cops are racists, saying they probably don't have the right training. O'Brien said there are without an iota of doubt some racist police in the department, but they are the minority. He compared them to bad apples, emphasizing on rooting them out.

O'Brien's statement comes amid ongoing protests against racism and police violence across the nation after the death of George Floyd. According to the official, the violence that has been going on in some cities has been triggered by militants. He completely denied seeing reports that suggest white supremacists had led to these tensions in some cases. Aside from that, he accentuated Donald Trump and his administration's focus on peaceful demonstrations, CNN reported.

The protest started after 46-year-old, unarmed Floyd was killed. He allegedly died in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the hands of a police officer. Protesters are demanding charges for all four police officers that were reportedly involved in his death. Officials, however, have charged only the officer seen in footage with his knee on Floyd's neck with manslaughter and third-degree murder. The protesters and critics are unhappy with the charge.

Aside from demanding justice for Floyd, protesters are also seeking to draw officials' attention to a slew of similar high-profile cases wherein African American men and women were allegedly killed by police officers, such as Mike Brown and Eric Garner.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker made an appearance on the same program later, adopting a very different tone. He told Tapper that black people in communities across the United States live in fear of the police. Speaking about the video showing a police officer suffocating Floyd with his knees on his neck, Booker said it is not just a caught-on-tape murder, but wound deep-seated in the society.

Former Vice President Joe Biden opened up about the protest last week. He spoke about black people in the nation experiencing constant anxiety and trauma while talking about Floyd's death.