Updates | The Week of May 29, 2017
Helen Klein Murillo // 6/4/17 //
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s proposed budget for the Justice Department signals his intention to forego civil rights enforcement by omitting any commitment to prosecuting police officers for illegal use of force (Rewire).
- President Trump’s proposed budget indicates that the administration intends to significantly weaken the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, writes Chiraag Bains at Take Care.
- Andrew Cohen argues that the proposed budget is “unenlightened, regressive, and ultimately self-defeating” and that it will lead to increased crime (Brennan Center for Justice).
New congressional legislation aimed at protecting police officers may further criminalize communities of color while protecting officers from civil and criminal liability, argues Auditi Guha (Rewire).