Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill on AG Garland DOJ Updates

[Budi]

Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill @Sifill_LDF
President & Director-Counsel of LDF (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the nation's premier civil rights law organization
https://mobile.twitter.com/Sifill_LDF

View her full report:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1438523784986644491.html

This was a big week for civil rights at the DOJ. Proof that elections matter and that having civil rts attys in DOJ leadership matters. Let me walk you through what’s happened in just this one week. It’s actually astounding.
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On Monday, AG Garland announced a review of its use of monitors who oversee the implementation of consent decrees. This has been a concern among community groups in cities where police dept’s are covered by consent decrees after DOJ investigations.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-announces-results-monitor-review

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On Tuesday Asst AG for Civil Rights @KristenClarkeJD announced that the @CivilRights Division has opened an investigation into conditions in Georgia’s prisons. This is huge. The humanitarian crisis in southern prisons is a critically important issue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/politics/georgia-prisons-justice-department.html

Then the DOJ announced that it will ban the use of no-knock entries and chokeholds by federal law enforcement officers (except in cases where deadly force is authorized - more to probe abt the exception to be sure) .
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/14/justice-department-no-knock-chokeholds-ban-511785

And then today Assoc AG @vanitaguptaCR announced a review to ensure that its grant programs to law enforcement comply w/Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which forbids the provision of federal funds to programs engaged in racial discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/us/politics/justice-department-civil-rights-protections.html
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Her statements CONTINUED Below..⬇️

[Budi]

1. CONTINUED:

CONTINUED:
Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill
@Sifill_LDF
President & Director-Counsel of LDF (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the nation's premier civil rights law organization
https://mobile.twitter.com/Sifill_LDF

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a week in which DOJ has announced that it will undertake multiple measures, each with the potential to result in fundamental shifts in longstanding discriminatory practices by officials in the criminal justice system.

I’m remembering AG Garland’s confirmation testimony in which he explained that he needed AAG @vanitaguptaCR & Asst AG for Civil Rights @KristenClarkeJD on his team in particular to help him with critical areas of the work with which he does not have experience.

This week feels like an important return on his commitment to assembling this rich team. And it’s still Thursday. So there’s still time for more…..

For many I know this all may seem slow and clunky - it is after all, the government. I’m gratified to see that they’re using the tools they have to undertake measures civil rights groups have been asking for for years. And they’re working carefully and smart."

Thank you.
Good to visit her Twitter often as she talks about some serious business of DOJ & Civil Rights.

[elleng]

2. Good.

Thanks

[Budi]

3. I do like her twitter. Just the facts & no sensationalism

[liberalla]

4. bookmarking to read later...

[mountain grammy]

5. The NCAAP Legal Defense Fund...

is a worthy cause. Support them whenever you can.