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Merrick Garland: What we see under the Biden Department of Justice and Merrick Garland is a very different approach more akin to the…

On the recordMay 6, 2021
What we see under the Biden Department of Justice and Merrick Garland is a very different approach more akin to the approach under Eric Holder and President Obama, that says police officers, police departments have to be held accountable, not just at the state level, and not just with state prosecutions, but with federal civil rights prosecutions.
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Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Discussing the accountability of police departments under the Biden administration.

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