Harmeet Dhillon

And so the trend has been Department of Justice, particularly under Democrat administrations, opens up what's called a pattern and practice investigation. And they basically say that any time one cop does something wrong, it must be because there is a systemic problem with the police department. There's poor training. There's ineffective policies. There's ineffective resources. Or there's racism.

And so the trend has been Department of Justice, particularly under Democrat administrations, opens up what's called a pattern and practice investigation. And they basically say that any time one cop does something wrong, it must be because there is a systemic problem with the police department. There's poor training. There's ineffective policies. There's ineffective resources. Or there's racism.

And so the trend has been Department of Justice, particularly under Democrat administrations, opens up what's called a pattern and practice investigation. And they basically say that any time one cop does something wrong, it must be because there is a systemic problem with the police department. There's poor training. There's ineffective policies. There's ineffective resources. Or there's racism.

There's always racism. That's underlying most of these police consent decrees is racism. And I'll talk about current examples as well. But... So cities, by the way, I mean, you've all seen this in prosecutions.

There's always racism. That's underlying most of these police consent decrees is racism. And I'll talk about current examples as well. But... So cities, by the way, I mean, you've all seen this in prosecutions.

There's always racism. That's underlying most of these police consent decrees is racism. And I'll talk about current examples as well. But... So cities, by the way, I mean, you've all seen this in prosecutions.

When the federal government comes after you with its endless resources and its punitive scope of measures that it can apply, even America's biggest cities worth with tens of billions of dollars of budgets, they quake because... It can become very expensive and it can become a politically charged football to continue to have these federal court hearings and judges and all of that.

When the federal government comes after you with its endless resources and its punitive scope of measures that it can apply, even America's biggest cities worth with tens of billions of dollars of budgets, they quake because... It can become very expensive and it can become a politically charged football to continue to have these federal court hearings and judges and all of that.

When the federal government comes after you with its endless resources and its punitive scope of measures that it can apply, even America's biggest cities worth with tens of billions of dollars of budgets, they quake because... It can become very expensive and it can become a politically charged football to continue to have these federal court hearings and judges and all of that.

So what typically happens is the DOJ says, hi, we are from the government. We think that you're a racist and we'd like you to enter into a consent decree where you. The city is going to pay Bob over here, who works at a big white shoe law firm, several million dollars to monitor your compliance with this. I mean, this is a binder. Some of the consent decrees are longer than this.

So what typically happens is the DOJ says, hi, we are from the government. We think that you're a racist and we'd like you to enter into a consent decree where you. The city is going to pay Bob over here, who works at a big white shoe law firm, several million dollars to monitor your compliance with this. I mean, this is a binder. Some of the consent decrees are longer than this.

So what typically happens is the DOJ says, hi, we are from the government. We think that you're a racist and we'd like you to enter into a consent decree where you. The city is going to pay Bob over here, who works at a big white shoe law firm, several million dollars to monitor your compliance with this. I mean, this is a binder. Some of the consent decrees are longer than this.

Hundreds of pages long of minutely detailed orders of what they're supposed to do to improve their police practices.

Hundreds of pages long of minutely detailed orders of what they're supposed to do to improve their police practices.

Hundreds of pages long of minutely detailed orders of what they're supposed to do to improve their police practices.

The lawyers in the civil rights divisions of the United States Department of Justice.

The lawyers in the civil rights divisions of the United States Department of Justice.

The lawyers in the civil rights divisions of the United States Department of Justice.

They have no experience policing big cities. Some of them have probably never met a cop in the wild. You know, these are lawyers from good schools and they're very idealistic. By the way, most of them have never tried a case in their lives. And of all the consent decrees, one of the striking...

They have no experience policing big cities. Some of them have probably never met a cop in the wild. You know, these are lawyers from good schools and they're very idealistic. By the way, most of them have never tried a case in their lives. And of all the consent decrees, one of the striking...