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Nov 12, 2018 · Jeff Sessions hides emotion poorly — his face is reflexively expressive — and last Wednesday night, it betrayed a mixed set of sentiments as he stepped out of the Robert F. Kennedy Department ...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about crime to law enforcement officials in St. Louis in March 2017. ... For nearly 25 years, the federal government has been investigating police departments ...
Nov 24, 2022 · Sessions served in the United States Army Reserve from 1973 to 1986, ultimately attaining the rank of Captain. He still considers that period to be one of the most rewarding chapters of his life. Mr. Sessions’ interest in the law led to a distinguished legal career, first as a practicing attorney in Russellville, Alabama, and then in Mobile.
Nov 14, 2018 · Jeff Sessions' Last Act: Preventing the DOJ From Investigating Discriminatory Police Departments Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.
Jun 30, 2020 · On his last day in office, Sessions formalized a policy that made it harder for the Justice Department to enter into consent decrees with local governments — policing reforms enforced by a ...
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Sep 28, 2017 · In defending their agreements with police departments, Justice Department leaders in the Obama administration pointed out that the “civil rights division uses its authority wisely, in only a small fraction of the nation’s more than 16,000 law enforcement agencies.” That fact shows the extraordinarily limited capacity of the federal ...
Apr 16, 2017 · In the case of the Chicago Police Department, an investigation found that a virtual academy of worst practices led to the circumstances surrounding the death, in 2014, of seventeen-year-old Laquan ...
