Trump Justice Department Killed Police Reform Programs That Could Have Helped Minneapolis

[NoRoadUntravelled]

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"Since President Donald Trump took office, his appointees at the Justice Department have all but eliminated the federal government’s police reform work.

The Civil Rights Division’s police practices group has shrunk by half, and it hasn’t opened any major pattern-or-practice investigations that could rein in police departments that regularly violate constitutional rights. "

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[Karadeniz]

1. What was it called when police depts had to undergo a DoJ evaluation and reform project?

I was thinking about that this morning, remembering that Trump or Sessions said they wouldn't be doing that.

[dalton99a]

2. Ponder this:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-many-americans-the-police-kill-each-year/
Aug. 19, 2014, at 11:36 AM
Nobody Knows How Many Americans The Police Kill Each Year

[oasis]

3. Shout it from the rooftops. K and R

[Cha]

4. KR

[crickets]

5. Damn. K&R for visibility.

[SharonClark]

6. Every Democratic member of Congress and every Democratic mayor

should use that against Trump.