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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division, fended off attacks from Republicans during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, saying she does not support defunding the police while promising to find common ground with law enforcement.
FILE PHOTO: Kristen Clarke, U.S. President Joe Biden s nominee to be assistant attorney general for the civil rights division, speaks as Biden announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
In a combative hearing, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee took aim at Clarke for everything from articles she wrote and events she attended while she was an undergraduate at Harvard University, to her social media posts and an opinion piece she wrote in June headlined: “I Prosecuted Police Killings. Defund the Police But Be Strategic.”
Dozens of police chiefs who ran some of America's largest police forces are lending their support to Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated to run the Justice Department's civil rights division.
Police chiefs throw support behind Biden s civil rights pick
by Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 9, 2021 7:05 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 9, 2021 at 7:11 pm EDT
WASHINGTON Dozens of police chiefs who ran some of America’s largest police forces are lending their support to Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated to run the Justice Department’s civil rights division.
In a letter to congressional leaders Friday, the law enforcement leaders from more than three dozen cities say Clarke has “demonstrated an uncanny ability to work closely with federal and state and local law enforcement officials” through years as a prosecutor and civil rights advocate.
Dozens of police chiefs who ran some of America s largest police forces are lending their support to Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated to run the Justice Department s civil rights division. In a letter to congressional leaders Friday, the law enforcement leaders from more than three dozen cities say Clarke has demonstrated an uncanny ability to work closely with federal and state and local law enforcement officials through years as a prosecutor and civil rights advocate. The signers include Bill Bratton, who was commissioner of the New York Police Department and Los Angeles police chief; Charles Ramsey, who ran the police forces in Philadelphia and Washington, DC; former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis and dozens of others.
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