老澳门开奖结果 Statement on Attorney General William Barr鈥檚 Comments on Policing
NEW YORK 鈥� During formal remarks at the Attorney General鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service in Policing, Attorney General William Barr said: 鈥渋f communities don鈥檛 give support and respect鈥� to law enforcement, 鈥渢hey might find themselves without the police protection they need.鈥�
Jeffery Robinson, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Trone Center for Justice and Equality, highlighted how those remarks encourage abusive policing in the following statement:
鈥淪upport and respect are earned, not given as the result of a demand from those who carry badges and guns. Attorney General Barr is telling communities across the country to bow their heads in respect to police even if those same police are violating their rights and killing people without justification.
This administration has repeatedly made it clear that it is not interested in holding law enforcement accountable. Communities of color around the country are consistently being abused by their police departments without receiving the type of public safety benefits that Attorney General Barr described. Police work for communities, not the other way around. It鈥檚 time for increased Congressional oversight of the Department of Justice, and its policy and practices on local policing.鈥�
