Attorney General William Barr drew criticism after calling lockdown measures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 the worst infringement on civil liberties other than slavery.
, Barr issued a memorandum calling on U.S. attorneys to"be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
Clyburn said it was"incredible" the"chief law enforcement officer in this country would equate human bondage to expert advice to save lives. Slavery was not about saving lives, it was about devaluing lives." "Bill Barr equates quarantine with chattel slavery as one of the greatest intrusions of civil liberties in American history. Statements like these make you realize many in this country know nothing about what it truly means to be oppressed,"Others pointed out there have been far worse civil rights infringements than the temporary lockdowns., founder of Talking Points Memo.
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