Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has joined a nationwide coalition of prosecutors to make sure ICE agents are held accountable.
After promising to hold ICE agents accountable at an event on Tuesday, Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner is now joining a coalition of prosecutors around the country to ensure federal agents are prosecuted for any violation of state laws.
at City Hall on Tuesday that he would always work to ensure Philadelphia residents Constitutional rights will not be violated by federal agents.Krasner promised that any federal agent who violates those rights or breaks any state law, he said, would be held accountable.Even, he said, if law enforcement officials needed to wait until President Donald Trump was out of office to do so. "If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice," Krasner said. And, on Wednesday, Krasner is set to unveil an national coalition of prosecutors who will look to ensure that they can do just that. On Wednesday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is expected to unveil a nationwide coalition of prosecutors who aim to ensure federal law enforcement agents are held accountable for violations of state laws. The event is set to be held at 11 a.m. and it will be livestreamed at the top of this article. In a statement on the creation of the coalition, officials with the District Attorney's Office said Krasner will be joined by Mary Moriarty, who is the Hennepin County Attorney and represents Minneapolis, Minnesota.John Creuzot, District Attorney, Dallas County, Dallas, TXSteve Descano, Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County, Fairfax, VAStephanie Morales, Commonwealth's Attorney for Portsmouth County, Portsmouth, VAJust how this coalition intends to push back against any violation of state laws by federal agents remains to be seen."We are up against people who, simply put, find the law inconvenient, because, heaven forbid the Constitution would limit their desires at unlimited power," he said."We are going to fight against federal overreach."
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