Attorney General William Barr
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that communities “must start showing, more than they do, the respect and support the law enforcement deserves.” After honoring 19 law enforcement officers in an awards ceremony for policing, he added, “they might find themselves without the police protection they need.”
Barr noted that communities would be better protected if they would reciprocate support for law enforcement. He thanked officers for their services for their “special kind of bravery,” observing that law enforcement goes beyond the work of protecting against crime and does not receive kinds of cheers similar to war veterans do.
SLIDESHOW: TOP DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020
In response to his speech, Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, responded, “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.”
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
Since the beginning of the year, the U.S. has had 1,299 confirmed measles cases as…
A poll conducted in June by the Independent California Institute found that a majority of…
Trump Media & Technology Group, the company that owns Truth Social, struck a deal with…
Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed the outrage surrounding the Justice Department's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.…
Last month, Randi Weingarten, the President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), resigned from…
President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, celebrated the tenth anniversary of his father's first presidential…