Harmeet Dhillon
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And then all of us were subjected to mob violence. And what galled me was the police, 200 plus of them with riot gear, just stood there and watched. And I went and during the course of my lawsuit suing over the fact that American citizens were injured in a violent mob, I asked some of them, like, why? Why was that?
And then all of us were subjected to mob violence. And what galled me was the police, 200 plus of them with riot gear, just stood there and watched. And I went and during the course of my lawsuit suing over the fact that American citizens were injured in a violent mob, I asked some of them, like, why? Why was that?
And then all of us were subjected to mob violence. And what galled me was the police, 200 plus of them with riot gear, just stood there and watched. And I went and during the course of my lawsuit suing over the fact that American citizens were injured in a violent mob, I asked some of them, like, why? Why was that?
You get to the bottom of that lawsuit and it turns out that because of consent decrees and best practices of policing that are coming down from Washington, D.C. and the DOJ, the police are taught to basically, in a crowd control situation, stand there and watch and not do anything. It is insane. I was truly shocked by that.
You get to the bottom of that lawsuit and it turns out that because of consent decrees and best practices of policing that are coming down from Washington, D.C. and the DOJ, the police are taught to basically, in a crowd control situation, stand there and watch and not do anything. It is insane. I was truly shocked by that.
You get to the bottom of that lawsuit and it turns out that because of consent decrees and best practices of policing that are coming down from Washington, D.C. and the DOJ, the police are taught to basically, in a crowd control situation, stand there and watch and not do anything. It is insane. I was truly shocked by that.
And so I have experience suing the police and, you know, trying to get them to improve their practices and be more aggressive on behalf of the taxpayers, which is the opposite of what they're usually asked to do in these cases. And so, you know, so we resolved that case with some agreements that they would do some training and be a little, you know, different than what they were.
And so I have experience suing the police and, you know, trying to get them to improve their practices and be more aggressive on behalf of the taxpayers, which is the opposite of what they're usually asked to do in these cases. And so, you know, so we resolved that case with some agreements that they would do some training and be a little, you know, different than what they were.
And so I have experience suing the police and, you know, trying to get them to improve their practices and be more aggressive on behalf of the taxpayers, which is the opposite of what they're usually asked to do in these cases. And so, you know, so we resolved that case with some agreements that they would do some training and be a little, you know, different than what they were.
But what we're seeing in the Biden DOJ, which again, I came in and I looked at the books here, is It's striking that, first of all, they took the four years to immediately begin changing course, opening investigations that the Trump DOJ had closed and shut down. And then literally after the election, after the election where President Trump won in 2024...
But what we're seeing in the Biden DOJ, which again, I came in and I looked at the books here, is It's striking that, first of all, they took the four years to immediately begin changing course, opening investigations that the Trump DOJ had closed and shut down. And then literally after the election, after the election where President Trump won in 2024...
But what we're seeing in the Biden DOJ, which again, I came in and I looked at the books here, is It's striking that, first of all, they took the four years to immediately begin changing course, opening investigations that the Trump DOJ had closed and shut down. And then literally after the election, after the election where President Trump won in 2024...
they filed several cases and made public several findings of fact in um over you know over 10 cities in the united states they hastily ran to court in december in louisville kentucky and in january january 6 in minneapolis minnesota to file new cases You know, clearly at the tail end, they lost the election.
they filed several cases and made public several findings of fact in um over you know over 10 cities in the united states they hastily ran to court in december in louisville kentucky and in january january 6 in minneapolis minnesota to file new cases You know, clearly at the tail end, they lost the election.
they filed several cases and made public several findings of fact in um over you know over 10 cities in the united states they hastily ran to court in december in louisville kentucky and in january january 6 in minneapolis minnesota to file new cases You know, clearly at the tail end, they lost the election.
They're not going to be able to carry this through, but they wanted to make public these consent decrees. So they put in front of two federal judges in these two cases in Minneapolis and Louisville, these factual findings. Now, these factual findings are done by lawyers sitting in their living rooms on a dry paper record.
They're not going to be able to carry this through, but they wanted to make public these consent decrees. So they put in front of two federal judges in these two cases in Minneapolis and Louisville, these factual findings. Now, these factual findings are done by lawyers sitting in their living rooms on a dry paper record.
They're not going to be able to carry this through, but they wanted to make public these consent decrees. So they put in front of two federal judges in these two cases in Minneapolis and Louisville, these factual findings. Now, these factual findings are done by lawyers sitting in their living rooms on a dry paper record.
And the findings are, you know, we have reason to believe that these cities engaged in racist policing and also violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That's a common theme running through the dozen or so consent decrees that I've, consent decrees and factual findings predating a consent decree that I've reviewed at DOJ.
And the findings are, you know, we have reason to believe that these cities engaged in racist policing and also violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That's a common theme running through the dozen or so consent decrees that I've, consent decrees and factual findings predating a consent decree that I've reviewed at DOJ.