What Will a Trump Justice Dept. Do?

David CouperNovember 14, 2016November 19, 2016Government, police

What President Trump’s Justice Department is likely to look like.

More scrutiny of Muslims.
More pressure on black protesters.
Less scrutiny of police misconduct.
Fewer civil rights investigations.

The prospect of a special prosecutor appointed by the new Attorney General to re-investigate Hillary Clinton is a very real one, indeed. THE WASHINGTON POST

More: A “radical reshaping.” ASSOCIATED PRESS

Related: Rudy Giuliani’s big gamble on Trump paid off. THE NEW YORK TIMES

TMP Context: Is this the end of the era of the “consent decree’ over local policing? THE MARSHALL PROJECT

[Thanks to The Marshall Project for this.]

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I served over 20 years as the chief of police in Madison (WI), four years as chief of the Burnsville (MN) Police Department, and before that as a police officer in Edina (MN) and the City of Minneapolis. I hold graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Edgewood College in Madison. I have written many articles over my years as a police leader. After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. After 25 years leading two Episcopal Churches in Portage and North Lake, Wisconsin, I now serve as Associate Pastor in a growing, dynamic, and Spirit-filled Lutheran congregation in nearby Mazomanie. View all posts by David Couper