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December 5, 2019

AG Barr Threatens Communities Critical of Police Brutality
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Attorney General William Barr threatened communities that have been
critical of police brutality, saying they have to be more deferential to
the police or risk losing police presence in their neighborhoods
entirely. Barr's comments at a Washington D.C. awards ceremony for
policing sparked immediate criticism. Vanita Gupta, a former head of the
Justice Department's civil rights division said: "The idea that the
attorney general of the United States, the nation's chief law
enforcement officer, is recommending abandoning communities as
retribution for pushing for police reform or criticizing policing
practices, is profoundly dangerous and irresponsible."


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