Famed civil legal professional Ben Crump has weighed in on the MAGA-fied U.S. Division of Justice’s latest determination to finish Biden-era police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville that got here because of intensive investigations following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. It’s the newest determination made by the DOJ’s civil rights division that signifies the Trump administration‘s intent to halt any and all civil rights progress aimed toward correcting systemic racism, besides, in fact, for the fictional systemic racism in opposition to white Individuals (and, apparently, white Afrikaners in South Africa).
First, right here’s Crump’s full assertion:
“Simply days earlier than the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s homicide — a second that galvanized a world motion for justice — the U.S. Division of Justice has chosen to show its again on the very communities it pledged to guard. By strolling away from consent decrees in Minneapolis and Louisville, and shutting its investigation into the Memphis Police Division whereas retracting findings of great constitutional violations, the DOJ is not only rolling again reform, it’s trying to erase fact and contradicting the very ideas for which justice stands.
“This determination is a slap within the face to the households of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols, and to each neighborhood that has endured the trauma of police violence and the false guarantees of accountability. These consent decrees and investigations weren’t symbolic gestures, they have been lifelines for communities crying out for change, rooted in years of organizing, struggling, and advocacy.
“These strikes will solely deepen the divide between legislation enforcement and the individuals they’re sworn to guard and serve. Belief is constructed with transparency and accountability, not with denial and retreat.
“However let me be clear: We won’t quit. This motion won’t be swayed or deterred by fickle politics. It’s anchored within the irrefutable fact that Black lives matter, and that justice shouldn’t rely on who’s in energy.
“We’ll proceed to combat for the reforms we all know are crucial. For federal oversight that holds police departments accountable. For an finish to the brutalization of our communities. For a future the place justice just isn’t an exception, however the rule.”
Thoughts you, the announcement of the DOJ determination additionally got here simply someday after it was introduced that the exact same DOJ accredited an almost $5 million settlement for the household of Ashli Babbitt—the Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who bought herself shot and killed by a Capitol police officer, Lt. Michael Byrd, whereas climbing over a barricade contained in the Capitol constructing that rioters have been warned to not breach. It’s nearly as if this administration isn’t even bothering to cover its not-so-subtle intention to make white supremacy nice once more.
It’s value noting that, in accordance to The Washington Put up, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the DOJ’s announcement that it’s going to rescind the police reform settlement by declaring that his metropolis will nonetheless comply with via with it. Leaders in Louisville reportedly mentioned the identical.
“We’ll adjust to each sentence of each paragraph of the 169-page consent decree that we signed this 12 months,” Frey mentioned throughout a latest information briefing.
After all, it’s additionally value mentioning that the DOJ mentioned it additionally plans to shut investigations into native police departments in Phoenix, Memphis, Oklahoma Metropolis and different cities that have been launched beneath President Joe Biden.
In brief: in order for you any semblance of police reform, you just about should be a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter.
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