On @NewsHour @JudyWoodruff expresses frustration and asks what can be done to bring change to policing. Let& #39;s be clear that we had just begun to make steps on the long path to change when Trump came in and Sessions & then Barr removed the DOJ as leader in pushing that change.
Instead the President announced a new day - in his rhetoric giving aid & comfort to the kind of brutal policing Pres. Obama rejected. Sessions & then Barr ceased pattern & practice investigations. President Obama& #39;s 21st Century Policing Rpt is collecting dust on a DOJ shelf.
The DOJ can powerfully shape policing in this country b/c they give our billions in grants to local police departments. The Minneapolis has received $6.4 million from the DOJ COPS program since 2009. In short, the feds have abandoned any role in policing reform.