AG Barr on supporting police: 'If communities don't give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need.'
During a ceremony to honor police officers, Barr said crowds applaud departing troops and show their approval for individual service members in airports, but police get no cheers when they roll out of the precinct and get no ticker-tape parades when they come home.
In the Vietnam era, he said, the troops who served in that conflict bore the brunt of people opposed to the war. "The respect and gratitude owed them was not given, and it took decades for the American people to realize that," Barr said. It's good to see troops today getting the proper recognition, he added.
"But I think today the American people have to focus on something else, which is the sacrifice and the service that is given by our law enforcement officers. And they have to start showing, more than they do, the respect and support that law enforcement deserves. And if communities don't give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need.
Vanita Gupta, who headed the Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama, said,"The idea that the attorney general of the United States, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, is recommending abandoning communities as retribution for pushing for police reform or criticizing policing practices, is profoundly dangerous and irresponsible."Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.
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