Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation's Police Are Systemically Racist
Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation’s Police Are Systemically Racist
The acting secretary of homeland security, Chad Wolf, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson made similar comments Sunday.
By Nina Golgowski
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-barr-denies-systemic-racism-police_n_5edd0175c5b6d15fe95b8c73
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“I think there’s racism in the United States still, but I don’t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist,” Barr told CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “I understand the distrust, however, of the African American community, given the history in this country.”
Barr went on to say that the country’s institutions, such as law enforcement, “were explicitly racist” for most of U.S. history, but added that sufficient reform has been made within the last 60 years.
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“I do not think that we have a systemic racism problem with law enforcement officers across this country,” Wolf said on ABC News’ This Week. “Do I acknowledge that there are some law enforcement officers that abuse their job? Yes. And again, we need to hold those accountable.”
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Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), a former police chief, responded to Wolf’s comments in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, insisting, “We have a lot of work to do, and systemic racism is always the ghost in the room.”
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billy boy, you can tell us all about when you are indicted for civil rights crimes and treason. 
