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Police oversight languished under Trump. Biden s DOJ is bringing federal inquiries back Kevin Johnson and Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY © J. Scott Applewhite, AP Attorney General Merrick Garland and acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman attend a service for slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William Billy Evans who lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington April 13, 2021.
Whenever top Trump Justice Department officials addressed a law enforcement audience, their remarks would invariably include familiar parting words: “You have our thanks, and we have your backs.”
The refrain, however, would come to represent more than a warm send-off.
In 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a formal directive curtailing the department’s intervention in local police departments to force changes involving the use of lethal force, training, recruitment and officer discipline.
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