Harmeet Dhillon

So this sort of harassment and people who just, like, send letters for a living, that's not what we're doing in the Civil Rights Division now. We're going to investigate cases, and if those cases are meritorious, we're going to take action. If they're not meritorious, we're going to move on to the next thing. And so this sort of harassment factory is not going to continue.

So this sort of harassment and people who just, like, send letters for a living, that's not what we're doing in the Civil Rights Division now. We're going to investigate cases, and if those cases are meritorious, we're going to take action. If they're not meritorious, we're going to move on to the next thing. And so this sort of harassment factory is not going to continue.

I mean, look, let's be honest. So the Civil Rights Division is created because this country has had a rocky history with civil rights. It's a fact. And I grew up in the Deep South during my hearing I mentioned that when my immigrant family, I was born in India, moved to my hometown in rural North Carolina. My dad was a country orthopedic surgeon there.

I mean, look, let's be honest. So the Civil Rights Division is created because this country has had a rocky history with civil rights. It's a fact. And I grew up in the Deep South during my hearing I mentioned that when my immigrant family, I was born in India, moved to my hometown in rural North Carolina. My dad was a country orthopedic surgeon there.

There were signs on the highway saying the Ku Klux Klan welcomes you to Smithfield, North Carolina. I mean, this is in my lifetime and your lifetime, but it's not there today. That's the point. The point is... We learned from that. We enforced the civil rights. We had desegregation.

There were signs on the highway saying the Ku Klux Klan welcomes you to Smithfield, North Carolina. I mean, this is in my lifetime and your lifetime, but it's not there today. That's the point. The point is... We learned from that. We enforced the civil rights. We had desegregation.

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice is holding on to desegregation consent decrees that are more than 50 years old. So I went in with my team, Michael and others, to do an audit of what's going on here, what's in the deep bowels of this edifice, and find that there are cases from the 1970s and 1960s that need to be dismissed. And so we're going to do that. There's no need for...

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice is holding on to desegregation consent decrees that are more than 50 years old. So I went in with my team, Michael and others, to do an audit of what's going on here, what's in the deep bowels of this edifice, and find that there are cases from the 1970s and 1960s that need to be dismissed. And so we're going to do that. There's no need for...

private monitors or federal judges to have their boot on the neck of law abiding law enforcement officials school districts etc so now there may still be needs there will be needs the needs are going to be new and different and so we have to recognize where we've been successful we need to move on and that's that's what we need to do so because i'm not a lawyer i don't think in legal terms and i know that's kind of a special way of thinking i know michael gates

private monitors or federal judges to have their boot on the neck of law abiding law enforcement officials school districts etc so now there may still be needs there will be needs the needs are going to be new and different and so we have to recognize where we've been successful we need to move on and that's that's what we need to do so because i'm not a lawyer i don't think in legal terms and i know that's kind of a special way of thinking i know michael gates

Well, you know what, though? Human nature, unfortunately...

Well, you know what, though? Human nature, unfortunately...

showing us that throughout history there's trends and times when people in power will do that to other people who have less power and that is a fact in this case it was the democrats let's remember yes it was they the southern and they're the ones they were the resistance movement oh boy and they kept resisting in my small town yeah into the 70s and they may still be some people resisting over there but they're not they're not in power anymore yeah

showing us that throughout history there's trends and times when people in power will do that to other people who have less power and that is a fact in this case it was the democrats let's remember yes it was they the southern and they're the ones they were the resistance movement oh boy and they kept resisting in my small town yeah into the 70s and they may still be some people resisting over there but they're not they're not in power anymore yeah

That is still happening in America today. Who is it happening to? It's happening to Jewish students on campuses. It's happening to Christians who say, I don't want to take that shot. It's happening to Asian students who are marked, according to Students for Fair Admissions, as having less personality systematically, so that...

That is still happening in America today. Who is it happening to? It's happening to Jewish students on campuses. It's happening to Christians who say, I don't want to take that shot. It's happening to Asian students who are marked, according to Students for Fair Admissions, as having less personality systematically, so that...

Harvard didn't have to admit them on the basis on which they were qualified. So these problems still exist, but the focus needs to be different. And so we're changing our focus. But, you know, we're open for business for people to bring their civil rights complaints. We'll analyze them.

Harvard didn't have to admit them on the basis on which they were qualified. So these problems still exist, but the focus needs to be different. And so we're changing our focus. But, you know, we're open for business for people to bring their civil rights complaints. We'll analyze them.

And we want to make sure this country remains dedicated to its promise to the people under the civil rights laws.

And we want to make sure this country remains dedicated to its promise to the people under the civil rights laws.