don't ease up on arresting BLACK criminals.
NYP
As New York moves to decriminalize low-level offenses, arguing
enforcement is “rigged against communities of color,” other large cities
are coming under pressure from the Justice Department to do the same
thing.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch has issued a warning to municipal and
state judges across the country that their courts could lose federal
funding if they don’t ease up on fines and arrest warrants for minor
crimes involving poor offenders, indigent minorities in particular.
In lieu of fines and jail time, Lynch urges the nation’s 6,500
municipal courts to provide an avenue for offenders to perform
“community service” or take advantage of “amnesty days,” whereby
outstanding arrest warrants are cleared for nominal fees... READ MORE
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