What we saw yesterday in our nation’s capital was, as the president-elect has called it, an assault on the rule of law. And it has no place in our democracy, Harris said while speaking from Wilmington, Del. I believe we must ask ourselves two questions about what happened yesterday: What went wrong? And how do we make it right? she said. And I believe the answers require us to recognize that the challenge we re facing in our country is about more than the actions of the few we watched yesterday.
ADVERTISEMENT It s about how to reform, how to transform a justice system that does not work equally for all. A justice system that is experienced differently depending on whether you are white or Black, Harris said.
Biden to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta as Associate AG: Reports
Biden to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta as Associate AG: Reports Thursday, January 7, 2021 IWK Bureau
President-elect Joe Biden is planning to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general, according to several media reports quoting unnamed sources close to him.
The reports on Wednesday also said that he will name Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge, as the attorney general.
Gupta had served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in former President Barack Obama s administration when Biden was the Vice President.
WASHINGTON A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday after being injured when supporters of President Donald Trump raided the Capitol building on Wednesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five.
Brian D. Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters on Wednesday, USCP said in a statement. He returned to his division office and collapsed, then was taken to a local hospital where he died Thursday evening. The death of Officer Sicknick will be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch, the USCP, and our federal partners, the USCP said in a statement.
Sicknick had been with the USCP since July 2008, and most recently served in the department’s First Responders Unit, officials said in a statement.
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