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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×across the country over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in , the is once again brushing aside its mandate to bring broader reform to troubled police departments that have lost ― or never had ― their community’s trust. Since President took office, his appointees at the Justice Department have the federal government’s police reform work. The Civil Rights Division’s police practices group has shrunk by half, and it hasn’t opened any major pattern-or-practice investigations that could rein in police departments that regularly violate constitutional rights.AdvertisementThe Trump administration a collaborative reform initiative created by DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services that allowed cities to voluntarily implement reform, a move that left the local officials who had partnered with DOJ .Under Attorney General William Barr and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions before him, the Trump Justice Department has subscribed to a that dismisses systemic problems in local police departments that make unconstitutional policing routine. Sessions even though he conceded he any of the DOJ police department investigations he described as “anecdotal.” Barr recently that communities that don’t show more respect for law enforcement “might find themselves without the police protection they need.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesperson said in a previous statement to HuffPost that DOJ was “committed to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of all individuals, and understands the important role the department plays in helping communities and police departments as they seek to achieve the same goal while fighting violent crime and protecting public safety.”Barr, the statement said, “is committed to holding any officer responsible who violates the law without restraining the ability of good police officers trying to do their part in reducing violent crimes.”AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×across the country over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in , the is once again brushing aside its mandate to bring broader reform to troubled police departments that have lost ― or never had ― their community’s trust. Since President took office, his appointees at the Justice Department have the federal government’s police reform work. The Civil Rights Division’s police practices group has shrunk by half, and it hasn’t opened any major pattern-or-practice investigations that could rein in...

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