Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

[SpankMe]

Source: Pro Publica via MSN

For decades, the Department of Justice has used court-enforced agreements to protect civil rights, successfully desegregating school systems, reforming police departments, ensuring access for the disabled and defending the religious.

Now, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away from this storied tool, called consent decrees.

The move is just one part of a move by the Trump administration to limit federal civil rights enforcement. Other departments have scaled back the power of their internal divisions that monitor such abuses.

At best, this administration believes that civil rights enforcement is superfluous and can be easily cut. At worst, it really is part of a systematic agenda to roll back civil rights,” said Vanita Gupta, the former acting head of the DOJ’s civil rights division under President Barack Obama.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-quietly-rolls-back-civil-rights-efforts-across-federal-government/ar-BBCHLGe?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

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Another nail in the coffin of American civil and human rights efforts. Also, another step in the social and legal re-engineering of America in it's slow, steady roll back to the middle ages. I half expect slavery to be re-legalized within the year.

I can't say it enough: Trump, Republicans and conservatives in general are motherfuckers. True, mind-fucking motherfuckers.

[heaven05]

1. what could be expected

with a dyed in the wool racist/segregationist as our nations top Law Enforcement Officer?????????? JFC!!!!!!!!! What a goddamn mess..... from class to crass in one campaign season and election....

[underpants]

2. You could knock me over with a burning cross

[Dream Girl]

3. What took him so long?

Fucker.

[reflection]

4. And if Scalise hadn't been shot in the pelvis and subsequently sedated,

he would no doubt be pleasuring himself vigorously to this news. Full-blown racist piece of dogshit. I didn't crap in the support thread for him, but I sure as hell didn't post in it either.

[barbtries]

7. i didn't even look at it.

you're not alone.

[Bayard]

5. Criminal Investigation

This admin should not be allowed to pass anything while its going on. Lame duck in his first 6 months. Bigly accomplishment.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Anyone surprised?

[onetexan]

8. not at all

The racism was tolerated from the beginning of the fake president's campaign, and ensured that it is alive and enforced once they've been in power. We have a racist fake president surrounded by a racist administration. The GOP is the party of racists.