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Attorney General William Barr: Adopt ‘zero tolerance’ to resisting police

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Attorney General William Barr speaking at the IACP Conference in Miami. (Facebook)

February 28, 2020
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MIAMI – Attorney General William Barr on Thursday gave a strong message of support to the country’s police officers, calling for Americans to respect law enforcement and push back against an anti-cop attitude that sees resisting police as acceptable.

“Being a police officer is more difficult than it’s ever been before,” Barr said at an International Association of Chiefs of Police event in Miami. “One reason is the emergence of a deeply troubling attitude towards police in some parts of our society. Far from respecting the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect us, it is becoming common in some quarters to scapegoat the police … and disparage the vital role played by law enforcement in our society.”

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The attorney general  highlighted FBI statistics that show assaults against police have jumped by 20 percent to 6,000 a year and that, in 2018, 106 police officers died in the line of duty — including 11 who lost their lives in ambushes. (Note: There were 167 line of duty deaths in 2018, according to ODMP.)

Barr said he was distressed by the attitude “that it’s OK to resist police officers” and that it now happens “on a casual basis.” He told listeners that the reason such laws exist against resisting police is because police officers are put into dangerous situations which can escalate quickly, Fox News reported.

“There are a number of DAs that have stopped enforcing resistance laws and I think we have to get back to the idea that it is completely unacceptable and we have zero tolerance for resistance of police,” he said. “If people have a problem we have processes and there’s a time and place to raise your concerns or complaint, but resistance is unacceptable.”

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As Barr discussed the administration’s efforts to support law enforcement officers, he said, police have “no greater champion than President Trump” before citing pro-cop and anti-crime measures signed by the president.

“It is becoming common in some quarters to scapegoat the police … and disparage the vital role played by law enforcement in our society.”

– Attorney General William Barr

The attorney general went on to list many accolades of the administration, while also discussing the suicide rate among police and firefighters, which is 40 percent above the national average.

“We have to get back to basics, the basic and primary function of government is to protect the safety of its citizens…[law enforcement] has to be first in line and fully and adequately funded before other resources are deployed,” he said to the approval of applause.

“If people have a problem we have processes and there’s a time and place to raise your concerns or complaint, but resistance is unacceptable.”

– Attorney General William Barr

But ultimately, he told the gathered police leaders, the government can only do so much and fund so much — and that supporting police officers goes beyond state, local and federal government budgets.

“Support for American law enforcement needs to come from the American people too,” he said. “At a minimum, support means that we as individuals lend officers an extra amount of goodwill for having chosen a life of difficult public service and frequent personal risk.”

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Barr made an interesting comparison, noting that military veterans were often disrespected after returning home from the Vietnam War but that has now stopped and those attitudes have changed. He said there needs to be a similar “epiphany” in regards to law enforcement, Fox reported.

“Foreign wars usually come to an end … but the battle that law enforcement fights never comes to an end, it’s constant. There is never a final victory and the signing of a peace treaty, it’s constant,” he said. “That takes a special kind of courage and a special kind of sacrifice to wage.”

 


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