Harmeet Dhillon
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We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So
We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So
We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So
Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.
Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.
Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.
Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.
Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.
Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.
These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.
These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.
These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.
are in any way different statistically from the population of that community without considering the extent to which crime may be higher in certain neighborhoods. I mean, one of the ones that really struck me was the Memphis factual findings So first of all, as we know, Memphis is a fairly crime-ridden city. It's also majority African-American. The police force is majority African-American.
are in any way different statistically from the population of that community without considering the extent to which crime may be higher in certain neighborhoods. I mean, one of the ones that really struck me was the Memphis factual findings So first of all, as we know, Memphis is a fairly crime-ridden city. It's also majority African-American. The police force is majority African-American.
are in any way different statistically from the population of that community without considering the extent to which crime may be higher in certain neighborhoods. I mean, one of the ones that really struck me was the Memphis factual findings So first of all, as we know, Memphis is a fairly crime-ridden city. It's also majority African-American. The police force is majority African-American.
The homeless population is 75% African-American. And yet the African-American police in Memphis, Tennessee, were being faulted for their encounters with homeless people who are largely of the same background as themselves. And that was somehow racist. I mean, this is ludicrous on its face and only... Privileged lawyers sitting in D.C.
The homeless population is 75% African-American. And yet the African-American police in Memphis, Tennessee, were being faulted for their encounters with homeless people who are largely of the same background as themselves. And that was somehow racist. I mean, this is ludicrous on its face and only... Privileged lawyers sitting in D.C.
The homeless population is 75% African-American. And yet the African-American police in Memphis, Tennessee, were being faulted for their encounters with homeless people who are largely of the same background as themselves. And that was somehow racist. I mean, this is ludicrous on its face and only... Privileged lawyers sitting in D.C.
or sitting on their sofas throughout the United States working from home would come up with this. It defies common sense and it's unfair. And so, you know, I had the privilege of calling some governors and attorneys general and United States attorneys yesterday and informing them that On these eight cases, the Department of Justice would not be micromanaging them.
or sitting on their sofas throughout the United States working from home would come up with this. It defies common sense and it's unfair. And so, you know, I had the privilege of calling some governors and attorneys general and United States attorneys yesterday and informing them that On these eight cases, the Department of Justice would not be micromanaging them.