House hearings’ second witness, fmr Obama head, blames Trump administration for police injustices
June 10, 2020 | Jon Dougherty
A former head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division during the Obama administration blasted President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr during testimony before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on police reforms Wednesday.
In addition, Vanita Gupta, now president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, claimed that the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers was not an isolated incident.
While Floyd’s “murder…put the issue of police brutality in the national spotlight, the outpouring of pain and anger is anything but a reaction to one isolated incident or the misconduct of a few bad apples,†Gupta said. “Instead, the outcry is a response to the long cycle of stolen lives and violence with impunity toward black people in our nation.â€
Claiming that the country “is now at a turning point,†Gupta intoned: “There is no returning to normal.â€
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