Officers benefits which is so important to our first responders. I appreciate the attorney generals strong support for the goals of the justice and Second Chance reauthorization act and forensics reform legislation. Each one are going to improve the effectiveness of our criminal Justice System and id like to see them enacted this year. I know a lot of people in Law Enforcement would like to see them enacted. I appreciate the attorney generals recognition of the bipartisan efforts currently under way in this committee, to address the unsustainable growth of our prison population. The rate were going, there will be no money for Law Enforcement, it will be just in prisons, even to the extent of having geriatric units in these prisons. In a time of shrinking budgets, all levels of government, i think the problem we have in the expanding prison population presents devastating consequences for our other critical Public Safety priorities. If you do nothing and we just allow the federal prison
The same answer, about racial profiling guidelines, and you say really soon were going to work on this. This year, i would like to ask you, how quickly an we expect new racial profiling guidelines when it relates to issues of religion, National Origin and whether it applies to National Security and Border Security cases . I dont want to repeat the words really soon given what you said so i will say that they are forthcoming and that in the holder lexicon, forthcoming is shorter than really soon. We are working with those there has been a review under way. We are, and i mean this sincerely, we are truly in the final stages of this, the proposal is just being circulated for comment within the department and my hope would be that it would be out the department very soon. Obviously theres some white house involvement because were talking about a 2003 executive order but i would hope that we would have an ability to talk about the modifications that i think are appropriate in a forthcoming
Were monitoring all of this. This is of course what has been going on in the wake of the killing of george floyd. But as you look at these scenes that may be familiar, let us be very clear about the facts. Tonight one thing is very different. At this hour most of the officers last night involved in that killing were uncharged and at large. Now, tonight here you have it. These same officers, three of them now in custody as murder defendants. Their new mug shots just released tonight. Prosecutors charging these three officers with felony murder. For aiding in the, to put it in the legal terminology, the unintentional murder of mr. Floyd. They also call it felony murder. This altogether are all four officers who were involved in that fateful arrest and killing. Prosecutors also enhancing charges against the main officer who led, pinning floyds neck until he died. He now faces seconddegree murder charges. Each of these individuals that you see on your screen now face up to technically 40 y