The head of a national Black policing group confronted Attorney General William Barr over his denial of the existence of systemic racism in law enforcement on Monday at a meeting at the Justice Department
In a closed-door gathering of national law enforcement leaders, Lynda Williams, the president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, raised the issue and said that it was something that she's felt firsthand throughout her career.
I wanted to put it out there to make him go, 'Hmmm,' and so that this conversation could continue," said Williams, whose organization counts 3,000 members from local and federal police forces across the world.Barr's views on crimefighting have remained mostly steady since his first stint atop the Justice Department in the George H.W.
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