Attorney general eric holder has announced that the new Justice Department initiative aimed at Building Trust between local Law Enforcement and the civilians they serve by providing training. He said the effort is a response to what happened after the Police Shooting in ferguson misery last month. The attorney general discussed the new initiative at the Justice Department last week. [inaudible conversations] welcome to all of you including the members of the media. Its good to see you all. I am delighted to convene this meeting of the sentencing Disparities Working Group attorney generals advisory committee. This is the group im charged with examining sentencing disparities and developing recommendations on how we can address them. I want to thank all the leaders who have taken the time to be here particularly the United States attorney Carter Stewart and all they been doing to advance the work that i believe to be extremely critical. I look forward to discussing their ongoing efforts
For example the fair land fair labor standards act case. I believe they were would unit be unanimous in. Unanimity. Theres agreement, broad agreement on the method of looking statues and you might see more agreement in those areas in the hotbutton issues that have more interpretive play. It ebbs and flows. Other panelists know these cases better than me but in cases involving the Voting Rights act and affirmative action or Campaign Finance the court and justice it brought robbers was able to achieve near unanimity only to find issue basically returned to the court a couple of years later when the court fractures deeply over the constitutional role. I think some of the justices were not pleased with how things played out in the long run. The dynamic changes over time. I agree with some of the legal cases does factor in. People get lawsuits by the frustration but when they take extreme positions that causes the unanimity as to some of the cases they were considering. They tend to unanimo
Into the area. Some of that could be locally heavy. This is where all the rain is coming from thats going to continue to move in through the overnight hours and starting off your weekend. Temperatures are also on the chilly side with the clouds and the rain. Upper 50s right now in philadelphia through the lehigh valley, about the mid 50s and some mid 50s in south jersey and delaware. So heres future weather. As we go overnight tonight, you notice the coverage with the rain increases and then we wake up early tomorrow morning and the coverage continues to increase. We could be dealing with some heavy showers, like early tomorrow morning for parts of the area. Coming up, ill continue tracking the timing for you as we go into your weekend. And ill show you when you see more sunshine. You can get weather updates any time, go to nbc10. Com for a Free Download for your smart phone or tablet. Breaking news in new jersey. New developments in a hazing case that cost a High School Foot ball team
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